The Magnificent Dope

Name: The Magnificent Dope
Released: 1942-07-01

1942· NR· 1h 23m· Comedy

“Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!”

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?

1942-07-01

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DirectorWalter Lang

ScreenplayGeorge Seaton

Full cast & crew (20 cast · 3 crew)

Details

Released1942-07-01

Runtime1h 23m · NR

StatusReleased

Studios20th Century Fox

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating7.3/10 · 12 votes

Original languageen

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