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Feature film — 1952

Monkey Business (1952)

6.71h 37mComedy — Science Fiction

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.

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A high-signal pick with 311 votes.

20th Century Fox

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Director: Howard Hawks

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Cast & crew

Cary Grant as Barnaby Fulton

Cary Grant

Barnaby Fulton

Ginger Rogers as Edwina Fulton

Ginger Rogers

Edwina Fulton

Charles Coburn as Oliver Oxley

Charles Coburn

Oliver Oxley

Marilyn Monroe as Lois Laurel

Marilyn Monroe

Lois Laurel

Hugh Marlowe as Hank Entwhistle

Hugh Marlowe

Hank Entwhistle

Henri Letondal as Jerome Kitzel

Henri Letondal

Jerome Kitzel

Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Zoldeck

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Zoldeck

Larry Keating as GJ Culverly

Larry Keating

GJ Culverly

Douglas Spencer as Dr. Brunner

Douglas Spencer

Dr. Brunner

Esther Dale as Mrs. Rhinelander

Esther Dale

Mrs. Rhinelander

George Winslow as Little Indian

George Winslow

Little Indian

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Marjorie Holliday

Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)

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