Monkey Business poster

Monkey Business( 1952)

TV-MAComedyScience Fiction
67%
User
Score

It's some fun!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Cary Grant

      Barnaby Fulton

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      Ginger Rogers

      Edwina Fulton

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      Charles Coburn

      Oliver Oxley

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      Marilyn Monroe

      Lois Laurel

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      Hugh Marlowe

      Hank Entwhistle

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      Henri Letondal

      Jerome Kitzel

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      Robert Cornthwaite

      Dr. Zoldeck

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      Larry Keating

      G.J. Culverly

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      Douglas Spencer

      Dr. Brunner

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      Esther Dale

      Mrs. Rhinelander

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      George Winslow

      Little Indian

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      Marjorie Holliday

      Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)

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      Harry Carey, Jr.

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Nico Minardos

      Man at Pool (uncredited)

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      Charlotte Austin

      Student (uncredited)

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      Harry Bartell

      Scientist (uncredited)

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      Faire Binney

      Dowager (uncredited)

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      Tex Brodus

      Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Olive Carey

      Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

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      Harry Carter

      Scientist (uncredited)

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      Melinda Casey

      Girl (uncredited)

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      Ronnie Clark

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Russ Clark

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Heinie Conklin

      House Painter (uncredited)

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      George Eldredge

      Mr. Peabody (uncredited)

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      Kathleen Freeman

      Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)

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      Terry Goodman

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Dabbs Greer

      Cabbie (uncredited)

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      Howard Hawks

      Man in Opening (voice) (uncredited)

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      George Hoagland

      Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Perk Lazelle

      Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Rudy Lee

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Louis Lettieri

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Mickey Little

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Emmett Lynn

      Gus (uncredited)

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      Paul Maxey

      Board Member (uncredited)

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      John McKee

      Photographer (uncredited)

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      Bill McLean

      Bellboy (uncredited)

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      Joseph Mell

      Barber (uncredited)

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      Christopher Milne

      Johnny (uncredited)

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      Jonathan Milne

      Johnny (uncredited)

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      Ray Montgomery

      Policeman (uncredited)

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      Roger Moore

      Bit (uncredited)

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      Brad Morrow

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Forbes Murray

      Board Member (uncredited)

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      Robert Nichols

      Garage Man (uncredited)

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      Jerry Paris

      Scientist (uncredited)

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      Maudie Prickett

      Clerk (uncredited)

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      Jimmy Roebuck

      Boy (uncredited)

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      Harry Seymour

      Clothing Store Salesman (uncredited)

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      Jerry Sheldon

      Joe (uncredited)

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      Olan Soule

      Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

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      Gil Stratton

      Yale Man (uncredited)

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      Ruth Warren

      Laundress (uncredited)

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      Mack Williams

      Board Member (uncredited)

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      Isabel Withers

      Laundress (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jul 14 2024
    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 tak...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    2000000.00

    Keywords

    • marriage
    • romantic comedy
    • water cooler
    • chemist
    • potion
    • screwball comedy
    • absurdist