Bedtime for Bonzo

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

Apr 5 1951 Approved 1h 23m
Comedy, Family, Romance

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.

Plot

Professor Peter Boyd's engagement to the Dean's daughter is upset by the revelation that his father was a habitual convict. To prove the Dean's genetic theory of inherited traits as wrong, Boyd starts a 'secret' experiment. He borrows the science department's chimpanzee with the goal of showing that it is one's environment that affects your reaction to right and wrong.

Written by

Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau, Lou Breslow

Directed by

Frederick De Cordova

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,140
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA