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Bedtime for Bonzo

The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"

5.9

1h 23m

1951

“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Frederick de Cordova

Trailer

ComedyFamilyRomance

professorscrewball comedychimpanzeesocial experiment

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Cast & Crew

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Professor Peter Boyd

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

as Jane

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

as Professor Hans Neumann

Lucille Barkley

as Valerie Tillinghast

Jesse White

Jesse White

as Babcock

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

as Dean Tillinghast

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

as Lt. Daggett

Harry Tyler

Harry Tyler

as Knucksy

Edward Clark

as Fosdick (as Ed Clark)

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