Monkey Shines (1988)

07/29/1988 (US) • 1h 53m

Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead.

Overview

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

Top Billed Cast

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman

Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

Janine Turner

Linda Aikman


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$5,344,577.00

Keywords

experiment

based on novel or book

paralysis

revenge

rage

monkey

disability

science run amok

animal testing

animal research

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