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Bedtime for Bonzo
The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"
Apr 5, 1951 · 1h 23m
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Comedy
Family
Romance
PLOT
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.
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CAST
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
Directed by
Frederick de Cordova
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Universal International Pictures
Country
US
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