title: The Male Animal (Playhouse 90)
text: # The Male Animal (Playhouse 90)
  
  "The Male Animal" was an American television play broadcast on March 13, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Helene Hanff wrote the teleplay, as an adaptation of the play by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. Andy Griffith, Gale Gordon, Ann Rutherford, and Edmond O'Brien starred.
  
  ## Plot
  
  An English professor challenges the school's trustees over issues of academic freedom as his wife's old boyfriend returns to campus for a sporting event.
  
  ## Cast
  
  The following performers received screen credit for their performances:
  
  * Andy Griffith - Prof. Tommy Turner
  * Ann Rutherford - Ellen Turner
  * Edmond O'Brien - Joe Ferguson
  * Charles Ruggles - Dean Damon
  * Gale Gordon - Ed Keller
  * Dick Sargent - Michael
  * Ronnie Knox
  