

Monkey Business
1952 · Movie · 1h 37m · NR
Comedy
"It's some fun!"
Overview
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
IMDb
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Key crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- 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)
Stills
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Themes
marriageromcomwater coolerchemistpotionscrewball comedyabsurdist











