The Male Animal
4.1
101 minutes
3/12/1942
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 List
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)