Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

04/05/1951 (US) • 1h 23m

Comedy, Family, Romance

The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"

Overview

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

Top Billed Cast

Ronald Reagan

Professor Peter Boyd

Walter Slezak

Professor Hans Neumann

Lucille Barkley

Valerie Tillinghast

Herbert Heyes

Dean Tillinghast

Herb Vigran

Lt. Daggett

Edward Clark

Fosdick (as Ed Clark)


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Part of the Bonzo Collection

Includes Bedtime for Bonzo, Bonzo Goes to College

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

professor

screwball comedy

chimpanzee

social experiment

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