Monkey Shines (1988)
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.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 53m
- Director George A. Romero
- Genres Drama Horror Science Fiction Thriller
- Rating 6.3/10 (375 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Jason Beghe
as Allan Mann
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John Pankow
as Geoffrey Fisher
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Kate McNeil
as Melanie Parker
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Joyce Van Patten
as Dorothy Mann
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Christine Forrest
as Maryanne Hodges
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Stephen Root
as Dean Burbage
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Stanley Tucci
as Dr. John Wiseman
- Tom Quinn as Charlie Cunningham
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Janine Turner
as Linda Aikman
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William Newman
as Doc Williams
- Tudi Wiggins as Esther Fry
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Patricia Tallman
as Party Guest
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David Early
as Anesthetist
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Eric Morgan Stuart
- Brad Long as BAMF in Red Jacket
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Robert Hendren
as Orderly
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Debra Gordon
as E.R. Nurse
- Kate English as Scrub Nurse
Crew
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George A. Romero
Director
- James A. Contner Director of Photography
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Pasquale Buba
Editor
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David Shire
Original Music Composer
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Charles Evans
Producer
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George A. Romero
Screenplay
