Monkey Business (1952)

09/03/1952 (US) • 1h 37m

Comedy, Science Fiction

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.

Top Billed Cast

Cary Grant

Barnaby Fulton

Ginger Rogers

Edwina Fulton

Charles Coburn

Oliver Oxley

Marilyn Monroe

Lois Laurel

Hugh Marlowe

Hank Entwhistle

Henri Letondal

Jerome Kitzel

Larry Keating

G.J. Culverly

Douglas Spencer

Dr. Brunner


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$2,000,000.00

Keywords

marriage

romcom

water cooler

chemist

potion

screwball comedy

absurdist

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