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Synopsis: Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors, everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of "yum-yum"!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1941
111 min
1,593 Views


1959

01:
48:36,175 -- 01:48:38,234

Get his gun, get his gun.

1960

01:
48:46,552 -- 01:48:48,986

All right, Joe. Put up your dukes.

1961

01:
48:50,590 -- 01:48:52,080

Okay, Bertram.

1962

01:
49:16,215 -- 01:49:17,876

Come on, Bertram.

1963

01:
49:22,088 -- 01:49:23,612

(SIRENS WAILING)

1964

01:
49:39,438 -- 01:49:42,339

This load of garbage

goes to the DA's office.

1965

01:
49:43,776 -- 01:49:46,370

Something must have went wrong, boss.

1966

01:
49:48,581 -- 01:49:52,950

Listen, you squirrelly cherubs,

you eight wise idiots, it wouldn't work.

1967

01:
49:53,386 -- 01:49:55,650

Remember, Pottsy, no women aboard.

1968

01:
49:55,721 -- 01:49:59,953

And now, above all women,

you want to take a dizzy dame like me.

1969

01:
50:00,026 -- 01:50:03,723

If you'll allow me, I can prove to you

the inevitability of this step

1970

01:
50:03,796 -- 01:50:06,424

- by higher mathematics.

- I can cite examples from history.

1971

01:
50:06,499 -- 01:50:09,627

Or from geography,

two rivers converging irresistibly.

1972

01:
50:09,702 -- 01:50:10,726

Yes, indeed.

1973

01:
50:10,803 -- 01:50:12,361

PEAGRAM:
I can prove it

by examples from literature.

1974

01:
50:12,438 -- 01:50:14,030

MAGENBRUCH:
Physiology.

ROBINSON:
By law.

1975

01:
50:14,106 -- 01:50:16,074

- All of them.

- Gentlemen.

1976

01:
50:16,542 -- 01:50:19,602

As a grammarian,

I know when words cease to be of use.

1977

01:
50:19,679 -- 01:50:21,840

There remains one argument.

1978

01:
50:23,849 -- 01:50:26,579

- Come here, dear.

- Oh, no, please, Pottsy.

1979

01:
50:26,652 -- 01:50:28,916

- Get up, darling.

- But, Pottsy...

1980

01:
50:28,988 -- 01:50:30,512

- It isn't fair.

- It isn't?

1981

01:
50:30,589 -- 01:50:32,318

No. It is not fair.

1982

01:
50:33,125 -- 01:50:36,891

Oh, my goodness, Bertram.

Remember the Anemone...

1983

01:
50:43,769 -- 01:50:45,600

(CLICKING TONGUES)

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Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder. more…

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