The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!
1942 · NR · 1h 23m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
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.
Director: Walter Lang
Writers: George Seaton, Joseph Schrank
Cast
Henry Fonda as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' PageLynn Bari as Claire HarrisDon Ameche as Dwight DawsonEdward Everett Horton as Horace HunterGeorge Barbier as James Roger BarkerFrank Orth as MessengerRoseanne Murray as Dawson's SecretaryMarietta Canty as JennyHobart Cavanaugh as Albert GowdyHal K. Dawson as CharlieJosephine Whittell as Mrs. HunterArthur Loft as Mr. Morton, Fire Engine SalesmanMore like this
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