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Movie / The Male Animal (1942)
The Male Animal
Comedy
Romance

SHE turned a lamb into a lion!

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.

1942-03-12
en
Cast
Director
Elliott Nugent
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
Tod Andrews as Student (uncredited)
Sam Ash as Trustee (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Leah Baird as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
Walter Brooke as Reporter (uncredited)
Glen Cavender as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Charles Drake as Student (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Football Spectator (uncredited)
Creighton Hale as Reporter (uncredited)
Howard Hickman as Faculty Member (uncredited)
William Hopper as Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick as Football Announcer (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Audra Lindley as Student (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)
Spec O'Donnell as Gagged Student (uncredited)
Jane Randolph as Secretary (uncredited)
Juanita Stark as Student (uncredited)
Dave Willock as Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
Joan Winfield as Student (uncredited)
Gig Young as Student (uncredited)