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The Magnificent Dope

1942, Movie, NR, 84 mins

The Magnificent Dope: Review

This picture misfires in an attempt to give Fonda the same kind of role as James Stewart in 1939's MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON or Gary Cooper in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936). Fonda, however, is not just a big, rawboned guy. No, he is a big, rawboned lazy guy from Vermont who works during the short New England summer renting boats, then settles in for the long winter and waits for summer again. He has no ambition and prides himself on that, so when aggressive Ameche, who he... read more leave a comment