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It's some fun! - Monkey Business
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Title: Monkey Business

Release Date: 3 Sep 1952

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

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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Average Vote: 6.711 (258 votes)

Cast

  • Barnaby Fulton: Cary Grant
  • Edwina Fulton: Ginger Rogers
  • Oliver Oxley: Charles Coburn
  • Lois Laurel: Marilyn Monroe
  • Hank Entwhistle: Hugh Marlowe
  • Jerome Kitzel: Henri Letondal
  • Dr. Zoldeck: Robert Cornthwaite
  • G.J. Culverly: Larry Keating
  • Dr. Brunner: Douglas Spencer
  • Mrs. Rhinelander: Esther Dale
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