The Male Animal (1942)
SHE turned a lamb into a lion!
101 min
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.
- Release date
- March 12, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Heinz Roemheld
Where to watch
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Cast
- 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)
- 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)
- Charles Drake as Student (uncredited)
- Ann Edmonds as Student (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers as Football Spectator (uncredited)
- George Golden as Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Crew
- Elliott Nugent · Director
- Julius J. Epstein · Writer
- Stephen Morehouse Avery · Writer
- James Thurber · Writer
- Elliott Nugent · Writer
- Heinz Roemheld · Composer
- Arthur Edeson · Cinematographer
- Thomas Richards · Editor