The Magnificent Dope (1942)
1h 23m
Running Time
July 1, 1942Release Date
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
1h 23m
Running Time
July 1, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
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Cast & Crew.
Henry Fonda
Tad Page
Lynn Bari
Claire Harris
Don Ameche
Dwight Dawson
George Barbier
James Roger Barker
Edward Everett Horton
Horace Hunter
Frank Orth
Messenger
Walter Lang
Director
George Seaton
Writer
Roseanne Murray
Dawson's Secretary
Joseph Schrank
Writer
Marietta Canty
Jenny
Hobart Cavanaugh
Albert Gowdy
William Perlberg
Producer
Emil Newman
Composer
Hal K. Dawson
Charlie
J. Peverell Marley
Cinematographer
Media.
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The Magnificent Dope is a 1942 American comedy film released by 20th Century Fox. It is also known as Lazy Galahad, Strictly Dynamite and The Magnificent Jerk.