Some Like It Hot success of "Some Like It Hot" is considered one of the final nails in the coffin for the Hays Code. It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, during the era of Prohibition. Joe (Tony Curtis) is a jazz saxophone player, and an irresponsible gambler and ladies' man; his sensible friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a jazz double bass player. They work in a speakeasy (disguised as a funeral home) owned by gangster "Spats" Colombo (George Raft). Tipped off by informant "Toothpick" Charlie (George E. Stone), the police raid the joint. Joe and Jerry flee—only to accidentally witness Spats
Some Like It Hot on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs poll in 2000. By 1962, the film had grossed $14 million in the US. Roger Ebert wrote about the movie, "Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft." John McCarten of "The New Yorker" referred to the film as "a jolly, carefree enterprise". Richard Roud, writing for "The Guardian" in 1967, said with this film Wilder comes "close to perfection". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 96% based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's