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Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead. - Monkey Shines
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Title: Monkey Shines

Release Date: 29 Jul 1988

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Director: Orion Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Orion Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (315 votes)

Cast

  • Allan Mann: Jason Beghe
  • Geoffrey Fisher: John Pankow
  • Melanie Parker: Kate McNeil
  • Dorothy Mann: Joyce Van Patten
  • Maryanne Hodges: Christine Forrest
  • Dean Burbage: Stephen Root
  • Dr. John Wiseman: Stanley Tucci
  • Charlie Cunningham: Tom Quinn
  • Linda Aikman: Janine Turner
  • Doc Williams: William Newman
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