The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Frederick de CordovaDirector
- Lou BreslowScreenplay
- Val BurtonScreenplay
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ronald ReaganProfessor Peter Boyd
- Diana LynnJane
- Walter SlezakProfessor Hans Neumann
- Lucille BarkleyValerie Tillinghast
- Jesse WhiteBabcock
- Herbert HeyesDean Tillinghast
- Herb VigranLt. Daggett
- Harry TylerKnucksy
- Edward ClarkFosdick (as Ed Clark)
- Edward GarganPoliceman (as Ed Gargan)
- Joel FriedkinMr. De Witt
- Brad BrowneChief of Police
Stills
Themes
professorchimpanzeescrewball comedysocial experiment