Some Like it Hot

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Some Like it Hot

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy film produced, co-written, and directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, the production features supporting performances from George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, and Nehemiah Persoff. Co-written with I. A. L. Diamond, the screenplay adapts a story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. Set during the Prohibition era, the story follows two musicians who disguise themselves as women in order to escape Chicago mobsters after witnessing a murder.