7.5
“Meet the All-American Jerk...Ladies' Man De Luxe!”
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
July 1, 19421h 23mEN
7.2
10 votes
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?
Director
Walter LangWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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CinemaSerf
7.0Don Ameche ("Dawson") and Lynn Bari ("Claire") concoct a scheme to open a school to teach the naive and the gullible how to be successful. Their first mark turns out to be "Tad" (Henry Fonda) who enters their competition to win $50 and a free course. He's not so fussed about the course, but his two new friends set about trying to manipulate him to stick around, to attract new students and to help them keep the bank from defaulting on a big loan. Their problem is, the more "Tad" is introduced to their would-be clients, the more he convinces them that there is simply no need for their services a…
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