Released:
1942-03-12

Overview:
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.

Director:
Elliott Nugent

Runtime:
1h 41min

Genre:
Comedy, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Henry Fonda
  as
  Tommy Turner
• 
  Olivia de Havilland
  as
  Ellen Turner
• 
  Joan Leslie
  as
  Patricia Stanley
• 
  Jack Carson
  as
  Joe Ferguson
• 
  Eugene Pallette
  as
  Ed Keller