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Monkey Business

Monkey Business

6,7 /10 (293 Votes)
1952 EN 97 min

Overview

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

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Release date

03/09/1952

Votes

293

Popularity

1.8

It's some fun!

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

97 min

Revenue

$2,000,000

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Barnaby Fulton

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Edwina Fulton

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Oliver Oxley

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Lois Laurel

Hugh Marlowe

Hugh Marlowe

Hank Entwhistle

Henri Letondal

Henri Letondal

Jerome Kitzel

Robert Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Zoldeck

Larry Keating

Larry Keating

GJ Culverly

Douglas Spencer

Douglas Spencer

Dr. Brunner

Esther Dale

Esther Dale

Mrs. Rhinelander

George Winslow

George Winslow

Little Indian

No photo

Marjorie Holliday

Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)

Harry Carey, Jr.

Harry Carey, Jr.

Reporter (uncredited)

Nico Minardos

Nico Minardos

Man at Pool (uncredited)

Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin

Student (uncredited)

Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell

Scientist (uncredited)

Faire Binney

Faire Binney

Dowager (uncredited)

No photo

Tex Brodus

Club Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Olive Carey

Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Harry Carter

Scientist (uncredited)

Melinda Casey

Melinda Casey

Girl (uncredited)

No photo

Ronnie Clark

Boy (uncredited)

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Russ Clark

Policeman (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

House Painter (uncredited)

George Eldredge

George Eldredge

Mr. Peabody (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)

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Terry Goodman

Boy (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer

Cabbie (uncredited)

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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George Hoagland

Club Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Perk Lazelle

Club Patron (uncredited)

Rudy Lee

Rudy Lee

Boy (uncredited)

No photo

Louis Lettieri

Boy (uncredited)

No photo

Mickey Little

Boy (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn

Emmett Lynn

Gus (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

Paul Maxey

Board Member (uncredited)

John McKee

John McKee

Photographer (uncredited)

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Bill McLean

Bellboy (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Joseph Mell

Barber (uncredited)

No photo

Christopher Milne

Johnny (uncredited)

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Jonathan Milne

Johnny (uncredited)

Ray Montgomery

Ray Montgomery

Policeman (uncredited)

No photo

Roger Moore

(uncredited)

Brad Morrow

Brad Morrow

Boy (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

Board Member (uncredited)

Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols

Garage Man (uncredited)

Jerry Paris

Jerry Paris

Scientist (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

Maudie Prickett

Clerk (uncredited)

No photo

Jimmy Roebuck

Boy (uncredited)

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Harry Seymour

Clothing Store Salesman (uncredited)

No photo

Jerry Sheldon

Joe (uncredited)

Olan Soule

Olan Soule

Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

Gil Stratton

Gil Stratton

Yale Man (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Ruth Warren

Laundress (uncredited)

Mack Williams

Mack Williams

Board Member (uncredited)

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Isabel Withers

Laundress (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-07-14

⭐ 7

Cary Grant is the professor "Fulton" working for "Oxley" (Charles Coburn) on a project to find some way of turning back time and reversing the ageing process. They are experimenting with various formulae on a selection of rather agile chimps, and it's actually one of them who manages to co come up with a solution that when, inadvertently, added to the water in the cooler manages to turn the academic into a small child. He also feels a bit like a new man, too! This wears off after a short while, so he gets his wife "Edwina" (Ginger Rogers) to sit in on his next experiment - only this time he ta…

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