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UNITED STATES · 1959

Some Like It Hot

Billy Wilder
Classical Hollywood cross-dressing witness protection organized crime romantic comedy Prohibition era
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Synopsis

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Year1959
CountryUnited States
DirectorBilly Wilder
MovementClassical Hollywood
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