Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown and Nehemiah Persoff. The movie was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. Logan had already written the story (but without the gangsters) for a German movie, Fanfaren der Liebe (directed by Kurt Hoffmann, 1951), so that Wilder's film is seen by some as a remake.

Adaptations

In 1972, a musical play based on the movie, entitled Sugar, opened on Broadway, starring Elaine Joyce, Robert Morse, Tony Roberts and Cyril Ritchard, with book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and music by Jule Styne. In 2002, Tony Curtis performed in a stage production of the film, portraying the character originally played by Joe E. Brown.

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1972 - Elaine Joyce - Robert Morse - Tony Roberts - Cyril Ritchard - Peter Stone - Bob Merrill - Jule Styne - 2002

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