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Movie Description
A college instructor on the verge of full professorship has his personal and professional life turned upside-down by a newspaper editorial and the arrival of his wife's old football-hero flame. Based on the play by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent.
Synopsis
This campus comedy has an unusually serious theme underscoring its antic fun.
Professor Tommy Turner raises hell in his university when he announces he will read a letter from a death-row radical Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
A story about Turner's provocative upcoming lecture appears in the college newspaper, and soon the academic's job is on the line.
Complicating things further, Joe Ferguson, a gridiron hero -- and an old pal of Turner's wife -- comes to town for the big college football game.
This news causes Turner to drown his sorrows in liquor... and to make a stand to keep his position and his wife.
Film Notes
Based on a Broadway play, "The Male Animal" was directed by Elliot Nugent, who portrayed the Henry Fonda part of Tommy Turner on the stage. Several theatrical actors reprised their roles, including Don DeFore, Ivan Simpson, Minna Phillips and Regina Wallace.
Additional cast: Minna Phillips (Mrs. Blanche Damon); Regina Wallace (Mrs. Myrtle Keller); and Jean Ames ('Hot Garters').
Industry Reviews
"...[A] still-funny romp..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (06/07/1996)
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