Bedtime for Bonzo
The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"
1951 | 83m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Frederick de Cordova |
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| Writer: | Lou Breslow, Ted Berkman, Val Burton, Raphael Blau |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 05, 1951 |
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| Director: | Frederick de Cordova |
| Writer: | Lou Breslow, Ted Berkman, Val Burton, Raphael Blau |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | professor, screwball comedy, chimpanzee, social experiment |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | Professor Peter Boyd |
| Diana Lynn | Jane |
| Walter Slezak | Professor Hans Neumann |
| Lucille Barkley | Valerie Tillinghast |
| Jesse White | Babcock |
| Herbert Heyes | Dean Tillinghast |
| Herb Vigran | Lt. Daggett |
| Harry Tyler | Knucksy |
| Edward Clark | Fosdick (as Ed Clark) |
| Edward Gargan | Policeman (as Ed Gargan) |
| Joel Friedkin | Mr. De Witt |
| Brad Browne | Chief of Police |
| Elizabeth Flournoy | Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney) |
| Howard Banks | Policeman |
| Perc Launders | Fireman |
| Brad Johnson | Student |
| Billy Mauch | Student (as Bill Mauch) |
| Ann Tyrrell | Telephone Operator |
| Peggy | Bonzo |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lou Breslow | Screenplay |
| Ted Berkman | Story |
| Frederick de Cordova | Director |
| Val Burton | Screenplay |
| Raphael Blau | Story |
| Carl E. Guthrie | Director of Photography |
| Eric Orbom | Art Direction |
| Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Joe Lapis | Sound |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Rosemary Odell | Costume Design |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Kraike | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
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