Plot
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.
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Cast
Henry Fonda
Tommy Turner
Olivia de Havilland
Ellen Turner
Joan Leslie
Patricia Stanley
Jack Carson
Joe Ferguson
Eugene Pallette
Ed Keller
Herbert Anderson
Michael Barnes
Hattie McDaniel
Cleota
Ivan F. Simpson
Dean Frederick Damon
Don DeFore
Wally Myers
Jean Ames
"Hot Garters" Gardner
Minna Phillips
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Myrtle Keller
Frank Mayo
Coach Sprague
William B. Davidson
Alumnus
Bobby Barnes
Nutsy Miller
Tod Andrews
Student (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Trustee (uncredited)
Raymond Bailey
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Edwin Brian
Student (uncredited)
Mary Brodel
Student (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
Reporter (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Newsdealer (uncredited)
Dulce Day
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Drake
Student (uncredited)
Ann Edmonds
Student (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Football Spectator (uncredited)
George Golden
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Photographer on Porch (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Reporter (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Faculty Member (uncredited)
George Hoagland
Rally Spectator (uncredited)
William Hopper
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Marijo James
Student (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
Football Announcer (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Audra Lindley
Student (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Arthur Loft
Trustee (uncredited)
Audrey Long
Student (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Reporter (uncredited)
John Maxwell
Editor (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
George Meeker
Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
Student (uncredited)
Will Morgan
Reporter (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Gagged Student (uncredited)
Don Phillips
Student (uncredited)
Jane Randolph
Secretary (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Rally Spectator (uncredited)
Juanita Stark
Student (uncredited)
Dave Willock
Student in Bookstore (uncredited)
Joan Winfield
Student (uncredited)
Gig Young
Student (uncredited)
