The Male Animal

Infobox Film
name = The Male Animal


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caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Elliott Nugent
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starring = Henry Fonda
Olivia de Havilland Joan Leslie
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released = 1942
runtime = 101 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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amg_id = 1:101044
imdb_id = 0035020

"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.

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)

Production

*Gene Tierney starred as Patrica Stanley in the Broadway production in 1940, Tierney was to be loaned out to Warners but was contracted to star in John Ford's Tobacco Road.

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."

External links

*imdb title|id=0035020|title=The Male Animal