Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. The film is about two musicians who disguise themselves by dressing as women to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed committing a crime. Some Like It Hot opened to critical and commercial success and is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning for Best Costume Design. Wikipedia
Director Billy Wilder
Produced by Billy Wilder
Screenplay by Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
Story by Robert Thoeren, Michael Logan
Based on Fanfare of Love, by Max Bronnet, Michael Logan, Pierre Prévert, René Pujol, Robert Thoeren
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Music Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography Charles Lang
Edited by Arthur P. Schmidt
Production, company Mirisch Company
Distributed by United Artists
Released March 29, 1959
Running time 121 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2.9 million
Box office $49 million