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Monkey Grip is a film of genre Drama with Noni Hazlehurst

Monkey Grip (1982)

Monkey Grip
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Length 1h39
Genres Drama
Rating60% 3.045383.045383.045383.045383.04538

Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip, by Helen Garner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was produced by Patricia Lovell and stars Noni Hazelhurst and Colin Friels.

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