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?
Top Cast
Henry Fonda as Thadeus Winship 'Tad' Page
Lynn Bari as Claire Harris
Don Ameche as Dwight Dawson
Edward Everett Horton as Horace Hunter
George Barbier as James Roger Barker
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