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1942

The Magnificent Dope

Directed by Walter Lang
Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!

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?

Duration

1h 23m

Released

July 1, 1942

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Cast20

  • Henry Fonda
  • Lynn Bari
  • Don Ameche
  • Edward Everett Horton
  • George Barbier
  • Frank Orth
  • Roseanne Murray
  • Marietta Canty
  • Hobart Cavanaugh

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