The Male Animal (1942)
"SHE turned a lamb into a lion!"

Title: The Male Animal
Original Title: The Male Animal
Release Date: 1942-03-12
Status: Released
Rating: 4.1/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
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

Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner

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

Don DeFore
Wally Myers

Jean Ames
"Hot Garters" Gardner