Year: 1942
Runtime: 101 mins
Language: English
Director: Elliott Nugent
Midwestern University trustees fire three faculty accused of communist sympathies, and Ed Keller threatens English professor Tommy Turner for planning to assign a controversial prose piece. Tommy’s wife Ellen urges him not to read it, while her ex‑boyfriend, player Joe Ferguson, visits, takes her dancing, and fuels Tommy’s fear of losing her.
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