Movie: The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

Top 10 Billed Cast

Steven Jay Rubin
Steven Jay Rubin

Narrator

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis

Self

Howard Suber
Howard Suber

Self

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder

Self (archive footage)

Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson

Self

Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon

Self (archive footage)

I. A. L. Diamond
I. A. L. Diamond

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Diamond
Barbara Diamond

Self

Walter Mirisch
Walter Mirisch

Self

Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner

Self

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    A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959.

  • Release Date

    2006-06-25

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