History Film / SomeLikeItHot

** "Suppose the stock market crashes. Suppose Mary Pickford divorces Douglas Fairbanks. Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn!"

** Jerry's reaction to Joe's millionaire voice ("And where did you get that phony accent from? Nobody talks like that!"). It's actually Tony Curtis impersonating Creator/CaryGrant, who would of course become one of the biggest stars of the '30s and '40s.

** Jerry's reaction to Joe's millionaire voice ("And where did you get that phony accent from? Nobody talks like that!"). It's actually Tony Curtis doing a Creator/CaryGrant impression, whose accent's popularity was in the 30's and 40's.

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UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, [[TheRoaringTwenties 1929]]: Joe (Creator/TonyCurtis) and Jerry (Creator/JackLemmon) are down-on-their-luck jazz musicians who become accidental witnesses to a shooting similar to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, perpetrated by mob leader [[BigBad Spats Columbo]]. Unfortunately, being known to be a witness to a massacre is [[LeaveNoWitnesses something the mob will kill people over]], and Joe and Jerry have been spotted, so they need to get out of Chicago fast.

It so happens that an all-girl band which is leaving town by train has openings for a bass player and a tenor saxophonist. This does mean that Joe and Jerry will have to [[DisguisedInDrag pretend to be women]], but they consider this better than dying. Donning makeup, wigs and dresses, they introduce themselves as Josephine and Daphne (Jerry prefers that to Geraldine).

The lead singer of the band is called Sugar, and she is beautiful (Creator/MarilynMonroe!). She has a weakness for tenor saxophonists, which is why her current band is girls only (she thinks). Sugar takes the new "girls" into her confidence, and Joe and Jerry both need reminding that they're incognito and not looking for trouble.

The train ends up in UsefulNotes/{{Miami}}, where the band has a gig in a hotel. Sugar expresses the desire to be romanced by a millionaire, and Joe decides to take up another ID as a (male) millionaire to court her. Meanwhile, ''real'' millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown) is courting "Daphne", and Jerry is starting to like it for more than the presents... which is unfortunate, since he's still a guy biologically. The coup de grâce comes when Joe and Jerry learn that the hotel is booked for a [[TheMafia friends of Italian opera]] convention... attended by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft) and his gang, the very mobsters they fled Chicago to escape.

* FlungCothing: When Joe does a rapid change from Josephine to Junior, Josephine's clothes come flying out of the bathroom door seconds before he emerges dressed as Junior.

* FamousLastWords: "Big joke." [[spoiler:Spats, after being machine-gunned.]]

* NoSparks: Joe pretends that all his previous dates didn't elicit any feelings in him. It makes Sugar try even harder in her pursuit to sway his opinion on her.

* AmbiguouslyBi:
** Jerry, when disguised as "Daphne", seems to have developed genuine feelings towards Osgood. He also shows attraction to Sugar and the other girls on the train.
** Also Osgood, who continues to love Jerry/"Daphne" and brushes off his UnsettlingGenderReveal with a "Well, nobody's perfect!".

* AmbiguouslyBi: Jerry when disguised as "Daphne" seems to have developed genuine feelings towards Osgood. He also shows attraction to Sugar.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Osgood with "Daphne"/Jerry.

'''"Daphne":''' ''[glances back at Joe]'' Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player!\\

'''"Daphne"/Jerry:''' But you don't understand, Osgood! ''[pulls off his wig and speaks in his normal, masculine voice]'' I'M A ''MAN!''\\

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

'''"Daphne":''' I smoke - I smoke all the time!\\

'''"Daphne"/Jerry:''' But you don't understand, Osgood! ''[pulls off his wig and speaks in his normal, masculine voice]'' I'M A MAN!\\

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When the band go to sleep on the first night on the train, you can't tell but Sugar goes to bed wearing a nightgown that is see-through. And she isn't wearing a bra.
** When Sugar crawls into bed to lay beside Jerry/"Daphne", he is trying to hide his [[SomethingElseAlsoRises discomfort]] from her.
** When Jerry/"Daphne" pulls the emergency brake, Joe/"Josephine" and Daphne crash together causing him to say "search me!" before correcting himself.

-->'''Joe:''' What are you afraid of? Nobody's asking you yo have a baby!

-->'''Jerry:''' All the girls drink. It's just I'm the one who gets caught. Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

* ChristmasCake: Sugar reveals she turned 25 and is hoping to find a husband to marry.

-->'''Jerry:''' Watch it, Daphne.
-->'''Jerry:''' Boy, would I love to get a cup of that Sugar!

-->'''Daphne:''' Look at the way she moves! Looks just like Jell-O on springs! Almost with like some sort of built-in motors...