Monkey Business (1952)
It's some fun!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 37m
- Director Howard Hawks
- Genres Comedy Science Fiction
- Rating 6.7/10 (303 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Cary Grant
as Barnaby Fulton
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Ginger Rogers
as Edwina Fulton
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Charles Coburn
as Oliver Oxley
-
Marilyn Monroe
as Lois Laurel
-
Hugh Marlowe
as Hank Entwhistle
-
Henri Letondal
as Jerome Kitzel
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Robert Cornthwaite
as Dr. Zoldeck
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Larry Keating
as GJ Culverly
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Douglas Spencer
as Dr. Brunner
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Esther Dale
as Mrs. Rhinelander
-
George Winslow
as Little Indian
- Marjorie Holliday as Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)
-
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Reporter (uncredited)
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Nico Minardos
as Man at Pool (uncredited)
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Charlotte Austin
as Student (uncredited)
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Harry Bartell
as Scientist (uncredited)
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Faire Binney
as Dowager (uncredited)
- Tex Brodus as Club Patron (uncredited)
Crew
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Howard Hawks
Director
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Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
- William B. Murphy Editor
-
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
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Sol C. Siegel
Producer
-
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
-
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
-
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
