Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952
1h 37m
6.7

6.7/10

287 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Revenue: $2,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

marriage romcom water cooler chemist potion screwball comedy absurdist

Quick Facts

Release Date September 3, 1952
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0044916

Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant

Barnaby Fulton

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers

Edwina Fulton

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn

Oliver Oxley

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe

Lois Laurel

Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe

Hank Entwhistle

Henri Letondal
Henri Letondal

Jerome Kitzel

Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Zoldeck

Larry Keating
Larry Keating

GJ Culverly

Douglas Spencer
Douglas Spencer

Dr. Brunner

Esther Dale
Esther Dale

Mrs. Rhinelander

George Winslow
George Winslow

Little Indian

Marjorie Holliday
Marjorie Holliday

Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)

Key Crew

Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Howard Hawks
Director
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
I. A. L. Diamond
Screenplay