
The Male Animal
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.
Top Billed Cast

Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner

Olivia de Havilland
Ellen Turner

Joan Leslie
Patricia Stanley

Jack Carson
Joe Ferguson

Eugene Pallette
Ed Keller
Featured Crew
Howard Shoup
Costume Design

James Thurber
Theatre Play

Elliott Nugent
Theatre Play
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
John Hughes
Art Direction
Willard Van Enger
Special Effects
Ray Heindorf
Orchestrator
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Associate Producer
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Screenplay
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director

Elliott Nugent
Director

Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay