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Monkey Business is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Howard Hawks released in USA on 5 september 1952 with Cary Grant
Monkey Business (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 5 september 1952
Length 1h32
Directed by Howard Hawks
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating68%
Monkey Business is a 1952 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and written by Ben Hecht, which stars Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe. To avoid confusion with the famous 1931 Marx Brothers movie of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as Howard Hawks' Monkey Business.
Synopsis
Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant), an absent-minded research chemist for the Oxly chemical company, is trying to develop an elixir of youth. He is urged on by his commercially minded boss, Oliver Oxly (Charles Coburn). One of Dr. Fulton's chimpanzees, Esther, gets loose in the laboratory, mixes a beaker of chemicals, and pours the mix into the water cooler. The chemicals have the rejuvenating effect Fulton is seeking.Actors
Cary Grant
(Barnaby Fulton)
Ginger Rogers
(Edwina Fulton)
Marilyn Monroe
(Lois Laurel)
Charles Coburn
(Oliver Oxley)
Hugh Marlowe
(Hank Entwhistle)
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