The Male Animal
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| The Male Animal | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Elliott Nugent |
| Starring | Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Joan Leslie |
| Release date(s) | 1942 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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The Male Animal is a 1942 film starring Henry Fonda as a college English teacher being threatened with being fired for being a Communist because he intends to read some "subversive" literature in class. The film was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Elliott Nugent, and James Thurber, and was directed by Elliott Nugent.
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[edit] 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
- Don DeFore as Wally Myers
- Gig Young as a student (uncredited)
[edit] Production
- Gene Tierney starred as Patrica Stanley in the Broadway show in 1940, Tierney was to be loaned out to Warners but was contracted to star in John Ford's Tobacco Road.
[edit] Movie facts
- Studio chief Jack L. Warner later turned screenwriting twin brothers Julius and Philip Epstein's names over to the House Un-American Activities Committee; when they were asked in a questionnaire whether they had ever belonged to a subversive organization, they responded, "Yes. Warner Bros."
