The Male Animal
1942 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
The 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.
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Henry Fonda · Olivia de Havilland · Joan Leslie · Jack Carson · Eugene Pallette · Herbert Anderson · Hattie McDaniel · Ivan Simpson · Don DeFore · Jean Ames · Minna Phillips · Regina Wallace · Frank Mayo · William B. Davidson · Bobby Barnes · Gig Young
Soundtrack Heinz Roemheld
Screenplay Julius J. Epstein · Philip G. Epstein · Stephen Morehouse Avery · James Thurber · Elliott Nugent
Cinematography Arthur Edeson
Original title The Male Animal
5.8
41 votes (FilmAffinity)
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