The Monkey's Uncle
More fun than a barrel of teenagers!
1965 | 87m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
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| Writer: | Alfred Lewis Levitt, Helen Slote Levitt |
| Staring: |
| College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 18, 1965 |
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| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
| Writer: | Alfred Lewis Levitt, Helen Slote Levitt |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | college, chimpanzee, flying machine |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tommy Kirk | Merlin Jones |
| Annette Funicello | Jennifer |
| Leon Ames | Judge Holmsby |
| Arthur O'Connell | Darius Green III |
| Frank Faylen | Mr. Dearborne |
| Leon Tyler | Leon |
| Brian Wilson | Self - The Beach Boys |
| Carl Wilson | Self - The Beach Boys |
| Dennis Wilson | Self - The Beach Boys |
| Al Jardine | Self - The Beach Boys |
| Mike Love | Self - The Beach Boys |
| Norman Grabowski | Norman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard M. Sherman | Songs |
| Robert B. Sherman | Songs |
| Hal Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Robert A. Mattey | Special Effects |
| Eustace Lycett | Special Effects |
| Joseph L. McEveety | Assistant Director |
| Arthur J. Vitarelli | Second Unit Director |
| Robert O. Cook | Sound |
| Pat McNalley | Makeup Artist |
| La Rue Matheron | Hairstylist |
| Evelyn Kennedy | Music Editor |
| Chuck Keehne | Costumer |
| Gertrude Casey | Costumer |
| Walter Sheets | Orchestrator |
| Alfred Lewis Levitt | Writer |
| Buddy Baker | Original Music Composer |
| Edward Colman | Director of Photography |
| Cotton Warburton | Editor |
| Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| William H. Tuntke | Art Direction |
| Helen Slote Levitt | Writer |
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Robert Stevenson | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walt Disney | Executive Producer |
| Ron Miller | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. <em>'The Monkey’s Uncle'</em> is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as <em>'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones'</em> does, just without the promising beginning. ... The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.