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SHE turned a lamb into a lion!
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Henry FondaTommy Turner
Olivia de HavillandEllen Turner
Joan LesliePatricia Stanley
Jack CarsonJoe Ferguson
Eugene PalletteEd Keller
Herbert AndersonMichael Barnes
Hattie McDanielCleota
Ivan F. SimpsonDean Frederick Damon
Don DeForeWally Myers
Minna PhillipsMrs. Blanche Damon
Regina WallaceMrs. Myrtle KellerExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Stephen Morehouse Avery
- Screenplay
- Julius J. Epstein
- Director
- Elliott Nugent
- Screenplay
- Philip G. Epstein
- Editor
- Thomas Richards
- Original Music Composer
- Heinz Roemheld
- Director of Photography
- Arthur Edeson