CinemaOSMovie · 1942 · 1h 23m · NR

The Magnificent Dope

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

73%(12)IMDbComedy

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?

Directed byWalter Lang

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
July 1, 1942
Studios
20th Century Fox

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page

Lynn Bari

Lynn Bari

Claire Harris

Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Dwight Dawson

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Horace Hunter

George Barbier

George Barbier

James Roger Barker

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Messenger

Roseanne Murray

Dawson's Secretary

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

Jenny

Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

Albert Gowdy

Hal K. Dawson

Hal K. Dawson

Charlie

Creative team
Directed by
Walter Lang
Walter Lang
Written by
George Seaton
George Seaton
Joseph Schrank

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