Monkey Business
Monkey Business
Release: 1952-09-03
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Cary Grant
as Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers
as Edwina Fulton
Charles Coburn
as Oliver Oxley
Marilyn Monroe
as Lois Laurel
Hugh Marlowe
as Hank Entwhistle
Henri Letondal
as Jerome Kitzel
Robert Cornthwaite
as Dr. Zoldeck
Larry Keating
as G.J. Culverly
Douglas Spencer
as Dr. Brunner
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Rhinelander
George Winslow
as Little Indian
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Reporter (uncredited)
Nico Minardos
as Man at Pool (uncredited)
Charlotte Austin
as Student (uncredited)
Harry Bartell
as Scientist (uncredited)
Faire Binney
as Dowager (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Scientist (uncredited)
Melinda Casey
as Girl (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as House Painter (uncredited)
George Eldredge
as Mr. Peabody (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
as Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
as Man in Opening (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Lee
as Boy (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
as Gus (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
as Board Member (uncredited)
John McKee
as Photographer (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Barber (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
as Policeman (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
as Boy (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Board Member (uncredited)
Robert Nichols
as Garage Man (uncredited)
Jerry Paris
as Scientist (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
as Clerk (uncredited)
Olan Soule
as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
Gil Stratton
as Yale Man (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
as Laundress (uncredited)
Mack Williams
as Board Member (uncredited)
Crew
Howard Hawks
Director
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Howard Hawks
Screenplay
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay
Harry Segall
Story
Leigh Harline
Music
Travilla
Costume Designer
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects