The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 74%.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
304 audience votes
Key crew
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Howard HawksDirector
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- I. A. L. DiamondScreenplay
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cary GrantBarnaby Fulton
- Ginger RogersEdwina Fulton
- Charles CoburnOliver Oxley
- Marilyn MonroeLois Laurel
- Hugh MarloweHank Entwhistle
- Henri LetondalJerome Kitzel
- Robert CornthwaiteDr. Zoldeck
- Larry KeatingGJ Culverly
- Douglas SpencerDr. Brunner
- Esther DaleMrs. Rhinelander
- George WinslowLittle Indian
- Marjorie HollidayOxley Receptionist (uncredited)
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Themes
marriageromcomwater coolerchemistpotionscrewball comedyabsurdist