The Magnificent Dope
1942 • Comedy
7.2 (10)
Walter Lang
Director
Joseph Schrank
Story
Status
Released
Release date
July 1, 1942
Duration
83 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.8888
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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?
Cast
Henry Fonda
Lynn Bari
Don Ameche
Edward Everett Horton
George Barbier
Frank Orth
Marietta Canty
Hobart Cavanaugh
Hal K. Dawson
Josephine Whittell
Arthur Loft
Paul Stanton
Claire Du Brey
William B. Davidson
Harry Hayden
Pierre Watkin
Bess Flowers
Byron Foulger
Charles Trowbridge
