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ComedyScience Fiction

Monkey Business

- It's some fun!

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.

Release Date : 1952-09-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Darling, I'm Growing YoungerMonkey Business

Cast

Cary Grant

Character Name : Barnaby Fulton

Original Name : Cary Grant

Gender : Male

Ginger Rogers

Character Name : Edwina Fulton

Original Name : Ginger Rogers

Gender : Female

Charles Coburn

Character Name : Oliver Oxley

Original Name : Charles Coburn

Gender : Male

Marilyn Monroe

Character Name : Lois Laurel

Original Name : Marilyn Monroe

Gender : Female

Hugh Marlowe

Character Name : Hank Entwhistle

Original Name : Hugh Marlowe

Gender : Male

Henri Letondal

Character Name : Jerome Kitzel

Original Name : Henri Letondal

Gender : Male

Robert Cornthwaite

Character Name : Dr. Zoldeck

Original Name : Robert Cornthwaite

Gender : Male

Larry Keating

Character Name : G.J. Culverly

Original Name : Larry Keating

Gender : Male

Douglas Spencer

Character Name : Dr. Brunner

Original Name : Douglas Spencer

Gender : Male

Esther Dale

Character Name : Mrs. Rhinelander

Original Name : Esther Dale

Gender : Female

George Winslow

Character Name : Little Indian

Original Name : George Winslow

Gender : Male

Marjorie Holliday

Character Name : Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)

Original Name : Marjorie Holliday

Gender : Female

Harry Carey, Jr.

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Carey, Jr.

Gender : Male

Nico Minardos

Character Name : Man at Pool (uncredited)

Original Name : Nico Minardos

Gender : Male

Charlotte Austin

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Charlotte Austin

Gender : Female

Harry Bartell

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Bartell

Gender : Male

Faire Binney

Character Name : Dowager (uncredited)

Original Name : Faire Binney

Gender : Female

Tex Brodus

Character Name : Club Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Tex Brodus

Gender : Male

Olive Carey

Character Name : Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Olive Carey

Gender : Male

Harry Carter

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Carter

Gender : Male

Melinda Casey

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Melinda Casey

Gender : Female

Ronnie Clark

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Ronnie Clark

Gender : Male

Russ Clark

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Russ Clark

Gender : Male

Heinie Conklin

Character Name : House Painter (uncredited)

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

George Eldredge

Character Name : Mr. Peabody (uncredited)

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Kathleen Freeman

Character Name : Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)

Original Name : Kathleen Freeman

Gender : Female

Terry Goodman

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Terry Goodman

Gender : Male

Dabbs Greer

Character Name : Cabbie (uncredited)

Original Name : Dabbs Greer

Gender : Male

Howard Hawks

Character Name : Man in Opening (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Howard Hawks

Gender : Male

George Hoagland

Character Name : Club Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : George Hoagland

Gender : Male

Perk Lazelle

Character Name : Club Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Perk Lazelle

Gender : Male

Rudy Lee

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Rudy Lee

Gender : Male

Louis Lettieri

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Lettieri

Gender : Male

Mickey Little

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Mickey Little

Gender : Male

Emmett Lynn

Character Name : Gus (uncredited)

Original Name : Emmett Lynn

Gender : Male

Paul Maxey

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Maxey

Gender : Male

John McKee

Character Name : Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : John McKee

Gender : Male

Bill McLean

Character Name : Bellboy (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill McLean

Gender : Male

Joseph Mell

Character Name : Barber (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Mell

Gender : Male

Christopher Milne

Character Name : Johnny (uncredited)

Original Name : Christopher Milne

Gender : Male

Jonathan Milne

Character Name : Johnny (uncredited)

Original Name : Jonathan Milne

Gender : Male

Ray Montgomery

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Montgomery

Gender : Male

Roger Moore

Character Name : Bit (uncredited)

Original Name : Roger Moore

Gender : Male

Brad Morrow

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Brad Morrow

Gender : Male

Forbes Murray

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Forbes Murray

Gender : Male

Robert Nichols

Character Name : Garage Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Nichols

Gender : Male

Jerry Paris

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Jerry Paris

Gender : Male

Maudie Prickett

Character Name : Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Maudie Prickett

Gender : Female

Jimmy Roebuck

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Roebuck

Gender : Male

Harry Seymour

Character Name : Clothing Store Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Seymour

Gender : Male

Jerry Sheldon

Character Name : Joe (uncredited)

Original Name : Jerry Sheldon

Gender : Male

Olan Soule

Character Name : Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Olan Soule

Gender : Male

Gil Stratton

Character Name : Yale Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Gil Stratton

Gender : Male

Ruth Warren

Character Name : Laundress (uncredited)

Original Name : Ruth Warren

Gender : Female

Mack Williams

Character Name : Board Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Mack Williams

Gender : Male

Isabel Withers

Character Name : Laundress (uncredited)

Original Name : Isabel Withers

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-14

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 takes an even stronger dose. Except, he thinks it's his prescribed doses that are causing his youthfulness, whereas we know it's the water in the communal bottle - and that isn't anywhere near as restricted as his medication. Add to the mix, an on-form Marilyn Monroe and loads of daft baby talk and we are left with an enjoyable, if maybe just a little too repetitive, look at the child in all of us. There's a paint fight, some rubber band pranking and maybe neither Grant nor Monroe should ever have got into the car mid-way through. Coburn was always a master at the understated contribution, and here he is a perfect foil for the silliness of the plot as the story gathers pace and heads into the realms of plain screwball. Grant had comedy timing in spades, and with Rogers and Monroe showing they, too, were never far off the pace this is good fun to watch.