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47% Critic Match
The Male Animal
“SHE turned a lamb into a lion!”
4.7 / 10• 1942• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elliott Nugent's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Male Animal is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
