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Monkey Business(1952)
Status: Released
Date: 1952-09-03
67%
284 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $2,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Monkey Business
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cary Grant
Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers
Edwina Fulton
Charles Coburn
Oliver Oxley
Marilyn Monroe
Lois Laurel
Hugh Marlowe
Hank Entwhistle
Henri Letondal
Jerome Kitzel
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Zoldeck
Larry Keating
GJ Culverly
Douglas Spencer
Dr. Brunner
Esther Dale
Mrs. Rhinelander
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