Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot1959

Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
Genre: Comedy
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 120 minutes

Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and … more »



Osgood:
I called Mama. She was so happy she cried! She wants you to have her wedding gown. It's white lace.

Daphne:
Yeah, Osgood. I can't get married in your mother's dress. Ha ha. That-she and I, we are not built the same way.

Osgood:
We can have it altered.

Daphne:
Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.

Osgood:
Why not?

Daphne:
Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.

Osgood:
Doesn't matter.

Daphne:
I smoke! I smoke all the time!

Osgood:
I don't care.

Daphne:
Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.

Osgood:
I forgive you.

Daphne:
[Tragically] I can never have children!

Osgood:
We can adopt some.

Daphne/Jerry:
But you don't understand, Osgood! [Whips off his wig, exasperated, and changes to a manly voice] Uhhh, I'm a man!

Osgood:
[Looks at him then turns back, unperturbed] Well, nobody's perfect! Note: the bolded line is ranked #48 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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