The Male Animal (1942)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 12, 1942Release Date
The Male Animal (1942)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 12, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Jean Ames
'Hot Garters' Gardner

Minna Phillips
Mrs. Blanche Damon

Regina Wallace
Mrs. Myrtle Keller

Frank Mayo
Coach Sprague

William B. Davidson
Alumnus

Bobby Barnes
Nutsy Miller

Tod Andrews
Student (uncredited)

Sam Ash
Trustee (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Leah Baird
Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

William A. Boardway
Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Edwin Brian
Student (uncredited)

Mary Brodel
Student (uncredited)

Walter Brooke
Reporter (uncredited)

Glen Cavender
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Edward Clark
Newsdealer (uncredited)

Dulce Day
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Charles Drake
Student (uncredited)

Ann Edmonds
Student (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Football Spectator (uncredited)

George Golden
Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Eddie Graham
Photographer on Porch (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Reporter (uncredited)

Howard Hickman
Faculty Member (uncredited)

George Hoagland
Rally Spectator (uncredited)

William Hopper
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Marijo James
Student (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick
Football Announcer (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Audra Lindley
Student (uncredited)

Al Lloyd
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Arthur Loft
Trustee (uncredited)

Audrey Long
Student (uncredited)

Hank Mann
Reporter (uncredited)

John Maxwell
Editor (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

George Meeker
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery
Student (uncredited)

Will Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer
Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell
Gagged Student (uncredited)

Don Phillips
Student (uncredited)

Jane Randolph
Secretary (uncredited)

Cliff Saum
Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Shea
Rally Spectator (uncredited)

Juanita Stark
Student (uncredited)

Dave Willock
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)

Joan Winfield
Student (uncredited)

Gig Young
Student (uncredited)

Stephen Morehouse Avery
Screenplay

James Thurber
Theatre Play

Elliott Nugent
Theatre Play / Director

Wolfgang Reinhardt
Associate Producer

John Hughes
Art Direction

Howard Shoup
Costume Design
Media.


Details.
Release DateMarch 12, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
american football
teacher
university
suppression
school paper
sports hero
Wiki.
The Male Animal is a 1942 American comedy-drama film produced by Warner Bros., starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Leslie.
The film was based on a hit 1940 Broadway play of the same name written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein, and Philip G. Epstein, based on Nugent and Thurber's play. The film was also directed by Elliott Nugent.
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