What 1959 film directed by Billy Wilder stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon?

The 1959 film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon is Some Like It Hot.

Set during Prohibition, the comedy follows musicians Joe and Jerry, played by Curtis and Lemmon, who disguise themselves as women after witnessing a gangland murder. They join an all-female band and meet Sugar Kane, Monroe’s singer and ukulele-playing character.

The film was written by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond and adapted from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. Its famous closing line, “Nobody’s perfect,” became one of Hollywood’s most recognizable quotations.

Some Like It Hot was a major success and received six Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Costume Design. It was also among the first films selected for the National Film Registry in 1989. The other options are Monroe films or Wilder-related titles, but none features this exact trio.