More title sequences from movies directed by Billy Wilder ➽ http://bit.ly/WilderTi... Title sequence from Some Like It Hot (1959), YouTube·MovieTitles

The film famously begins not with a joke, but with a grim, noir-inspired car chase in .

The title sequence itself, designed by the , is a straightforward presentation of the film's star power. In a film that pushed the boundaries of the Motion Picture Code and explored gender identity, the credits remain crisp and professional, anchored by the iconic names of Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , and Jack Lemmon . Interestingly, although the film feels like a colorful "hot" jazz experience, it was shot in black and white because the lead actors' heavy female makeup appeared green on color film. A Deadly Serious "Cold" Open

The "Opening Image" features four somber men in a funeral hearse, seemingly mourning a loss.

When a police car pursues them, the "pallbearers" draw machine guns, and a stray bullet punctures the coffin—only for it to spray bootleg alcohol instead of holding a body.