The Male Animal
1942 · 101 min
Comedy · Romance
★ 4.5The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Crew
- Director Elliott Nugent
- Screenplay Stephen Morehouse Avery
- Screenplay Julius J. Epstein
- Screenplay Philip G. Epstein
- Director of Photography Arthur Edeson
Cast
Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner
Olivia de Havilland
Ellen Turner
Joan Leslie
Patricia Stanley
Jack Carson
Joe Ferguson
Eugene Pallette
Ed Keller
Herbert Anderson
Michael Barnes
Hattie McDaniel
Cleota
Ivan F. Simpson
Dean Frederick Damon
Don DeFore
Wally Myers
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Jean Ames
"Hot Garters" Gardner
Minna Phillips
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Myrtle Keller
Crew
- Director — Elliott Nugent
- Screenplay — Stephen Morehouse Avery
- Screenplay — Julius J. Epstein
- Screenplay — Philip G. Epstein
- Director of Photography — Arthur Edeson
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