Monkey Business (1952)

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Released:
1952-09-03

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.

Director:
Howard Hawks

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Comedy, Science Fiction

  • Cast:
  • Cary Grant
    as
    Barnaby Fulton
  • Ginger Rogers
    as
    Edwina Fulton
  • Charles Coburn
    as
    Oliver Oxley
  • Marilyn Monroe
    as
    Lois Laurel
  • Hugh Marlowe
    as
    Hank Entwhistle