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The Magnificent Dope

"Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!"

1942-07-01 Comedy 1hr 23m

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?

Storyline

Released

1942-07-01
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 23m
Genre

Comedy
Status

Released
Language

English
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Production

20th Century Fox

Crew

Walter Lang

Director

George Seaton

Screenplay

Keywords:

new york city contest trickery

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Cast

Henry Fonda

Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

Lynn Bari

Claire Harris

Don Ameche

Dwight Dawson

Edward Everett Horton

Horace Hunter

George Barbier

James Roger Barker

Frank Orth

Messenger

Roseanne Murray

Dawson's Secretary

Marietta Canty

Jenny

Hobart Cavanaugh

Albert Gowdy

Hal K. Dawson

Charlie

Josephine Whittell

Mrs. Hunter

Arthur Loft

Mr. Morton, Fire Engine Salesman

Paul Stanton

Peters

Claire Du Brey

Peter's Secretary

William B. Davidson

Mr. Reindel

Harry Hayden

Mitchell

Pierre Watkin

Carson

Bess Flowers

Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Fifth Man to Leave Class (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Examining Doctor (uncredited)

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-04-04

Don Ameche ("Dawson") and Lynn Bari ("Claire") concoct a scheme to open a school to teach the naive and the gullible how to be successful. T... read more

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Don Ameche ("Dawson") and Lynn Bari ("Claire") concoct a scheme to open a school to teach the naive and the gullible how to be successful. Their first mark turns out to be "Tad" (Henry Fonda) who enters their competition to win $50 and a fr...