Summary
The Magnificent Dope is an American film comedy first released in 1942,
directed by Walter Lang.
The film stars Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton and George Barbier.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Write a synopsis for this film...
Write a synopsis for this film...
Review
User Comments
Useful links
- Best French films of 2011
- Best French films of the 2000s
- Best of the French New Wave
- Best of French film comedy
- The best 100 French films
- The most successful French films
- Great French filmmakers
Related links
- The best American comedies
- Other American films of the 1940s
- The best American films of the 1940s
- Other American comedies
- Biography and films of Walter Lang
To buy this film
Check DVD and Blu-ray availability:
Credits
- Director: Walter Lang
- Script: Joseph Schrank, George Seaton
- Photo: J. Peverell Marley
- Music: Leigh Harline, Cyril J. Mockridge, David Raksin
- 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), Roseanne Murray (Dawson’s Secretary), Marietta Canty (Jennie, Claire’s Maid), Hobart Cavanaugh (Albert Gowdy), Hal K. Dawson (Charlie), Josephine Whittell (Mrs. Hunter), Arthur Loft (Mr. Morton, Fire Engine Salesman), Paul Stanton (Peters), Claire Du Brey (Peter’s Secretary), William B. Davidson (Mr. J. D. Reindel), Harry Hayden (Frank Mitchel), Pierre Watkin (Bill Carson), Gladys Blake (Mitchell’s Secretary), Gary Breckner (Announcer), Ralph Brooks (Photographer), Harry Carter (Office Worker), Chick Chandler (Reporter), Harry Depp (Sixth Man to leave class), Bess Flowers (Birthday Party Guest), Byron Foulger (Fifth Man to leave class), Kenneth Gibson (Man), Carey Harrison (Man), Sam Harris (Birthday Party Guest), Kathleen Howard (Tad’s Mother, Mrs. Page), Frank Jaquet (Insurance Refuser: Said ’No!’), Mike Lally (Photographer), Kitty McHugh (Sadie), Paul McVey (John), Charles Meakin (Man), Harold Miller (Birthday Party Guest), Jack Mower (Insurance Refuser: Has rich wife), Rita Owin (Bit Role), Charles Ray, Cyril Ring (Street Extra), Larry Steers (Nightclub Extra), Charles Tannen (Elevator Operator), Charles Trowbridge (Examining Doctor), Larry Wheat (Insurance Refuser: Costs too much), Larry Williams (Man in class)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
Similar films
If you like this film you may also like the following:- Duck Soup (1933)
- Feet First (1930)
- The Great McGinty (1940)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
- The Milky Way (1936)
- On the Town (1949)
- One, Two, Three (1961)
- Our Relations (1936)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Swing Time (1936)
- Top Hat (1935)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- White Christmas (1954)
Important French filmmakers
- François Truffaut
- Jean Cocteau
- Abel Gance
- Jacques Demy
- Jacques Rivette
- Jean Renoir
- Jean Grémillon
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Marcel Carné
- Claude Chabrol
- Claude Lelouch
- Réné Clair
- Marcel Pagnol
- Eric Rohmer
- François Ozon
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Bertrand Blier
- Claire Denis
- Jacques Tati
- Jacques Audiard
- Maurice Pialat
- Robert Guédiguian
For the latest DVDs and books on French cinema...
Home
Discover France
Write to us
Guest book
Terms of use
DVD Shop
Copyright © filmsdefrance.com 1998-2012
Discover France
Write to us
Guest book
Terms of use
DVD Shop
Copyright © filmsdefrance.com 1998-2012