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Monkey Shines(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-07-29
63%
347 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
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.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $7,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,344,577.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Monkey Shines
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jason Beghe
Allan Mann
John Pankow
Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil
Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten
Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest
Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root
Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci
Dr. John Wiseman
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc Williams
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Video: Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)
Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)
Cast and Crew Talk About the Monkey's Antics On Set (1988) Monkey Shines
Ella Gets Revenge (1/1) Monkey Shines (1988) HD
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