The Male Animal (1942)

4.5/10 101 min Comedy Romance

Overview

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.

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

Jean Ames

"Hot Garters" Gardner

Minna Phillips

Mrs. Blanche Damon

Regina Wallace

Mrs. Myrtle Keller

Frank Mayo

Coach Sprague

William B. Davidson

Alumnus

Tod Andrews

Student (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Trustee (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

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