The Magnificent Dope

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The Magnificent Dope ★★½ 1942

Fonda is likeable, as usual, as the hapless yokel in the big city. A trip to New York to take a course on being successful is his prize for winning a “laziest man” contest. He falls for his teacher; she uses his crush to motivate him. Funny and entertaining. 83m/B VHS . Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton, Hobart Cavanaugh, Pierre Watkin; D: Walter Lang.

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