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Some Like It Hot
     
Some Like It Hot
(1959) a humorous US film, directed by Billy Wilder, which is still very popular. The main actors are Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. The film tells the story of two men who accidentally see gangsters (=members of a group of violent criminals) murder people, and then try to escape from them by dressing as women and joining a band of women musicians.
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