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The Male Animal

3.9 101 mins Comedy   Romance   1942
Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): Elliott Nugent

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.

Casts of The Male Animal

Henry Fonda

as Tommy Turner

Olivia de Havilland

as Ellen Turner

Joan Leslie

as Patricia Stanley

Jack Carson

as Joe Ferguson

Eugene Pallette

as Ed Keller

Herbert Anderson

as Michael Barnes

Hattie McDaniel

as Cleota

Ivan F. Simpson

as Dean Frederick Damon

Don DeFore

as Wally Myers

Jean Ames

as "Hot Garters" Gardner

Minna Phillips

as Mrs. Blanche Damon

Regina Wallace

as Mrs. Myrtle Keller

Frank Mayo

as Coach Sprague

William B. Davidson

as Alumnus

Bobby Barnes

as Nutsy Miller

Tod Andrews

as Student (uncredited)

Sam Ash

as Trustee (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Leah Baird

as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

William A. Boardway

as Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Edwin Brian

as Student (uncredited)

Mary Brodel

as Student (uncredited)

Walter Brooke

as Reporter (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Edward Clark

as Newsdealer (uncredited)

Dulce Day

as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Charles Drake

as Student (uncredited)

Ann Edmonds

as Student (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Football Spectator (uncredited)

George Golden

as Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

as Photographer on Porch (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

as Reporter (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

as Faculty Member (uncredited)

George Hoagland

as Rally Spectator (uncredited)

William Hopper

as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Marijo James

as Student (uncredited)

Reid Kilpatrick

as Football Announcer (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

Audra Lindley

as Student (uncredited)

Al Lloyd

as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

as Trustee (uncredited)

Audrey Long

as Student (uncredited)

Hank Mann

as Reporter (uncredited)

John Maxwell

as Editor (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

George Meeker

as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

as Student (uncredited)

Will Morgan

as Reporter (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Meeting Guest (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

as Gagged Student (uncredited)

Don Phillips

as Student (uncredited)

Jane Randolph

as Secretary (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

as Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Shea

as Rally Spectator (uncredited)

Juanita Stark

as Student (uncredited)

Dave Willock

as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)

Joan Winfield

as Student (uncredited)

Gig Young

as Student (uncredited)

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