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Some Like It Hot(1959)
Released
1959 · FILM

Some Like It Hot

Jazz saxophonist Joe and his bassist friend Jerry must outwit a vengeful mob boss who’s hunting them after witnessing a massacre, disguising themselves as women to join an all‑female band bound for Miami; on the train, their desperate bid for freedom spirals into a high‑stakes chase where one wrong note could be fatal.

“The movie too HOT for words!”

Directed by
Billy Wilder, Sam Nelson
Written by
Billy Wilder, I A L Diamond
Rated
MPA · Approved
Color
Black & White
Runtime
121 min
ComedyMusicRomance
Streaming on
  • Fubo
  • MGM+

Synopsis

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit and flee the state, joining an all-female band while disguised as Josephine and Daphne. However, their escape is soon complicated by further events.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 152+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur P SchmidtShot by Charles LangScored by Adolph Deutsch

Box Office

1959 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$25.0M

Budget$2.9M
Worldwide gross$25.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Manche mögen’s heißde
  • Con faldas y a lo locoes
  • Certains l'aiment chaudfr
  • (Flemish)Hoe warmer hoe beter
  • A qualcuno piace caldoit
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 19, 1959
  • JapanApr 14, 1959
  • ArgentinaApr 23, 1959
  • BrazilMay 4, 1959
  • CanadaMay 14, 1959

Companies

ProductionAshton Productions, The Mirisch Corporation

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