Comedy Romance
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
Directed by
Elliott Nugent
Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner
Bess Flowers
Football Spectator (uncredited)
Olivia de Havilland
Ellen Turner
Walter Brooke
Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Drake
Student (uncredited)
Gig Young
Student (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Jack Carson
Joe Ferguson
William Hopper
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Dave Willock
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
Don DeFore
Wally Myers
Audra Lindley
Student (uncredited)
Audrey Long
Student (uncredited)
Herbert Anderson
Michael Barnes
Hattie McDaniel
Cleota
Joan Leslie
Patricia Stanley
Eugene Pallette
Ed Keller
John Maxwell
Editor (uncredited)
George Meeker
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
Student (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Trustee (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Reporter (uncredited)
Tod Andrews
Student (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Faculty Member (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Reporter (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Coach Sprague
Glen Cavender
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Gagged Student (uncredited)
Ivan F. Simpson
Dean Frederick Damon
Sam Ash
Trustee (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
Alumnus
Carl M. Leviness
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Jane Randolph
Secretary (uncredited)
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Myrtle Keller
Juanita Stark
Student (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
Student (uncredited)
Jean Ames
"Hot Garters" Gardner
Minna Phillips
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Reid Kilpatrick
Football Announcer (uncredited)
Bobby Barnes
Nutsy Miller
William A. Boardway
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Edwin Brian
Student (uncredited)
Mary Brodel
Student (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Newsdealer (uncredited)
Dulce Day
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ann Edmonds
Student (uncredited)
George Golden
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Photographer on Porch (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Rally Spectator (uncredited)
Marijo James
Student (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Will Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Don Phillips
Student (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Rally Spectator (uncredited)

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