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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Cast
91 people
Tony Curtis
Joe (Josephine)
Known for
The Defiant Ones
Sweet Smell of Success
Jack Lemmon
Jerry (Daphne)
Known for
The Apartment
Glengarry Glen Ross
Marilyn Monroe
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
George Raft
Spats Colombo
Known for
They Drive by Night
Scarface
Pat O'Brien
Detective Mulligan
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Boy with Green Hair
Joe E. Brown
Osgood Fielding III
Known for
The Comedy of Terrors
Show Boat
Nehemiah Persoff
Little Bonaparte
Known for
An American Tail
Twins
Joan Shawlee
Sweet Sue
Known for
The Apartment
Irma la Douce
Billy Gray
Sig Poliakoff
George E. Stone
Toothpick Charlie
Known for
Perry Mason
Little Caesar
Dave Barry
Beinstock
Also in
Pinkfinger
Life with Feathers
Mike Mazurki
Spats' Henchman
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
Nightmare Alley
Billy Wilder Director · I. A. L. Diamond Screenplay Robert Thoeren Story
Worldwide gross $25M · Budget $2.9M · United States release March 19, 1959
Box office
Budget
$2,900,000
Worldwide gross
$25,000,000
Gross vs. budget
8.6×
Production
The Mirisch Company
Production
Ashton Productions
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Not Tonight, Josephine!
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 19, 1959
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2018
Physical · Criterion Colletion
United States
April 25, 2010 · Premiere · TCM Classic Film Festival
November 13, 2022 · Premiere · Coronado Island Film Festival
Argentina
April 23, 1959 · Theatrical
February 3, 1966 · Theatrical · Re-release
Australia
October 15, 1959 · Theatrical
February 26, 2005 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
Austria
September 26, 1959 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 4, 1959 · Theatrical
Canada
May 14, 1959 · Theatrical
September 24, 1999 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
China
June 9, 2002 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
April 16, 2016 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
June 21, 2017 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
June 12, 2026 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Denmark
October 12, 1959 · Theatrical
May 14, 1962 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 1, 1966 · Theatrical · Re-release
August 15, 2001 · Theatrical · Re-release
Finland
October 16, 1959 · Theatrical
February 4, 1977 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 11, 2007 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
France
September 9, 1959 · Theatrical
January 1, 1964 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 7, 1980 · Theatrical · Re-release
August 25, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 16, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release
September 6, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Germany
September 17, 1959 · Theatrical · West Germany
April 12, 1968 · Theatrical · East Germany
January 1, 1971 · Theatrical · West Germany (Re-release)
November 14, 1975 · Theatrical · East Germany (Re-release)
June 6, 2002 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
October 12, 1959 · Theatrical
July 30, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hong Kong SAR China
November 9, 1959 · Theatrical
August 15, 2017 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival (Restored Version)
Hungary
August 5, 1965 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 14, 1959 · Theatrical
Israel
September 26, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
September 6, 1959 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
September 16, 1959 · Theatrical
September 1, 2018 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival (Restored Version)
August 21, 2020 · Premiere · Il Cinema Ritrovato
Japan
April 14, 1959 · Theatrical
October 14, 2000 · Theatrical · Re-release
October 27, 2018 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival (4K Restoration)
Mexico
October 8, 1959 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 25, 2000 · Physical · DVD
December 28, 2001 · TV · Nederland 1
January 3, 2002 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 25, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
July 17, 1959 · Theatrical
June 3, 1965 · Theatrical · Re-cut Version
January 19, 1976 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 7, 2001 · Physical · DVD
February 8, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
Poland
December 25, 2000 · TV
January 29, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
Portugal
October 13, 1960 · Theatrical
April 3, 1981 · Theatrical · Porto (Re-release)
July 30, 1983 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Norte
July 10, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema
Romania
June 21, 2026 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Russia
April 25, 1966 · Premiere · Moscow
August 22, 1966 · Theatrical
May 11, 1985 · Theatrical · Re-release
Singapore
May 10, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
South Africa
July 10, 1959 · Theatrical · Durban
July 13, 1959 · Theatrical · Cape Town
July 20, 1959 · Theatrical · Johannesburg
South Korea
January 1, 1961 · Theatrical
April 9, 2002 · Physical
Spain
October 14, 1963 · Theatrical · Barcelona
October 25, 1963 · Theatrical · Madrid
February 23, 1964 · Theatrical · Málaga
February 27, 1989 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
September 28, 1959 · Theatrical
May 3, 1975 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 7, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
April 6, 2012 · Premiere · Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
July 24, 2024 · Premiere · Golden Horse Classic Film Festival (4K Restoration)
Türkiye
December 30, 1959 · Theatrical
Ukraine
May 25, 2019 · Premiere · Molodist International Film Festival
United Arab Emirates
November 20, 2018 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
May 14, 1959 · Premiere · London
February 6, 2007 · Theatrical · Re-release
October 4, 2007 · Physical
July 18, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
Uruguay
August 10, 1959 · Theatrical
XC
July 10, 1964 · Theatrical
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