The Magnificent Dope (1942)
"Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!"

Title: The Magnificent Dope
Original Title: The Magnificent Dope
Release Date: 1942-07-01
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 10 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
Cast

Henry Fonda
Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

Lynn Bari
Claire Harris

Don Ameche
Dwight Dawson

Edward Everett Horton
Horace Hunter

George Barbier
James Roger Barker

Frank Orth
Messenger

Roseanne Murray
Dawson's Secretary

Marietta Canty
Jenny

Hobart Cavanaugh
Albert Gowdy

Hal K. Dawson
Charlie