

Some Like It Hot
The movie too HOT for words!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.9M
- Box office
- $25M
- Language
- English
- chicago, illinois
- florida
- transvestism
- musician
- fake identity
- deception
- on the run
- mafia
- cross dressing
- black and white
- train
- witness to murder
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical19 Mar 1959
- PremiereTCM Classic Film Festival25 Apr 2010
- PhysicalCriterion Colletion20 Nov 2018
- PremiereCoronado Island Film Festival13 Nov 2022
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon14 May 1959
- TheatricalPGRe-release6 Feb 2007
- PhysicalPG4 Oct 2007
- TheatricalPGRe-release18 Jul 2014
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD20 Nov 2018
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical15 Oct 1959
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival26 Feb 2005
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14 May 1959
- PremiereCinefest Sudbury International Film Festival24 Sept 1999
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1323 Apr 1959
- Theatrical+13Re-release3 Feb 1966
AustriaAT
- Theatrical26 Sept 1959
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL4 May 1959
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival9 Jun 2002
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival16 Apr 2016
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival21 Jun 2017
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival12 Jun 2026
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA12 Oct 1959
- TheatricalARe-release14 May 1962
- TheatricalARe-release1 Nov 1966
- TheatricalARe-release15 Aug 2001
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS16 Oct 1959
- TheatricalSRe-release4 Feb 1977
- Theatrical (limited)SRe-release11 May 2007
FranceFR
- Theatrical129 Sept 1959
- TheatricalTPRe-release1 Jan 1964
- TheatricalTPRe-release7 May 1980
- TheatricalTPRe-release25 Aug 2004
- TheatricalTPRe-release16 Jan 2019
- TVTPCiné+ Classic6 Sept 2026
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Some Like It Hot was released on 19 March 1959.
Audience reviews
3- R8/10
r96sk
1/8/2021
Ridiculous plot, but very enjoyable nonetheless. <em>'Some Like It Hot'</em> is good, unserious fun. Tony Curtis (Joe) and Jack Lemmon (Jerry) are the stars of the show, with amusing performances from start-to-finish. Marilyn Monroe is pleasant too, this is actually the first film of Monroe's I've seen. A good'un! The pacing isn't perfect but that doesn't hamper things at all really. It's a bonkers 122 minutes,…
- F4/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/2/2022
**One of Curtis' best films... and an effective and enjoyable comedy.** For many, this movie is simply one of the greatest comedies of all time. However, I have serious doubts about that. In my personal opinion, it's a good comedy, it entertains its audience very well, and there's no doubt about its status as a movie classic. Starting from this reasonable basis and placing the film at the heights as the best or on…
- D3/10
drystyx
4/18/2023
I really don't get the comedy here. Curtis and Lemmon dress up as showgirls to avoid the mob. That's good for a five minute sketch, but not a full length movie. And that's the problem. It is stretched out to be an ordeal. For some reason, some guy likes Lemmon as a woman, and Lemmon avoids him. And for some reason, Curtis likes a relatively plain showgirl (Marilyn Monroe was always a "woman's woman", not in the le…
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