Comedy ·Family ·Romance · United States of America · 1951 · 1h 23m

Bedtime for Bonzo

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Director
Frederick de Cordova
Cast
Ronald Reagan as Professor Peter Boyd Diana Lynn as Jane Walter Slezak as Professor Hans Neumann Lucille Barkley as Valerie Tillinghast Jesse White as Babcock Herbert Heyes as Dean Tillinghast
Crew
Carl E. Guthrie — Director of Photography Frank Skinner — Original Music Composer Lou Breslow — Screenplay Val Burton — Screenplay Ted Berkman — Story Raphael Blau — Story
Tagline

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.

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Mood & Themes
professorscrewball comedychimpanzeesocial experiment
Key Collaborators
Frederick de Cordova Director Carl E. Guthrie Director of Photography Frank Skinner Original Music Composer Lou Breslow Screenplay Val Burton Screenplay Ted Berkman Story Raphael Blau Story Michael Kraike Producer Rosemary Odell Costume Design
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