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
The Underground Comedy Movie excess of 100,000 copies. According to IMDb, "The Underground Comedy Movie" played on one movie theater screen on May 16, 1999, earning $856. The film earned less-than-favorable reviews, receiving a 33% from Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews. The "New York Post" said it "may be the least amusing comedy ever made." Lawrence Van Gelder of "The New York Times" offered a scathing review, describing the movie as "a series of sketches built around subjects like masturbation, defecation, alienation, urination, necrophilia, voyeurism, casual brutality, and mockery of the unfortunate." Van Gelder added that tasteless or offensive material can be funny