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7.0/10   357 votes
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Director:
Elliott Nugent
Writers:
Stephen Morehouse Avery (writer)
Julius J. Epstein (writer)
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Release Date:
4 April 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Funny, whimsical satire of male egos more

Cast

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Henry Fonda ... Prof. 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 ... Dr. Fredrick Damon
Don DeFore ... Wally Myers
Jean Ames ... Hot Garters Gardner
Minna Phillips ... Blanche Damon
Regina Wallace ... Myrtle Keller
Frank Mayo ... Coach Sprague
William B. Davidson ... Alumnus at Rally
Bobby Barnes ... Nutsy Miller
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Two of the "college students" in the cast went on to be well-known TV dads in the 1960s: Herbert Anderson ("Dennis the Menace" (1959)) and Don DeFore ("Hazel" (1961)). more
Quotes:
Ellen Turner: You'd better take a hot water bottle to bed with you.
Prof. Tommy Turner: Nice of you to arrange for a substitute.
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Movie Connections:
Version of She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) more
Soundtrack:
I Wanna Go Back more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Funny, whimsical satire of male egos, 12 April 2001
9/10
Author: aromatic-2 (aromatic@ivillage.com) from New York, NY

The parallels of the Fonda-DeHavilland-Carson triangle with the younger Anderson-Leslie-DeFore triangle are played against each other to good advantage in this well-scripted and well-acted farce. DeHavilland is at her best, never losing her poise, and De Fore's scenes are hilarious. This is a movie to be enjoyed, not analyzed.

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