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The Magnificent Dope(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-07-01
73%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!
Overview:
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?
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Magnificent Dope
Top 10 Billed Cast
Henry Fonda
Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Lynn Bari
Claire Harris
Don Ameche
Dwight Dawson
Edward Everett Horton
Horace Hunter
George Barbier
James Roger Barker
Frank Orth
Messenger
Marietta Canty
Jenny
Hobart Cavanaugh
Albert Gowdy
Hal K. Dawson
Charlie
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