The Male Animal

IMDb 4.5 1942 • 101 min • ComedyRomance

Director

Elliott Nugent

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda Tommy Turner
Olivia de Havilland
Olivia de Havilland Ellen Turner
Joan Leslie
Joan Leslie Patricia Stanley
Jack Carson
Jack Carson Joe Ferguson
Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette Ed Keller