The Male Animal

Year: 1942

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Elliott Nugent

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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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