Monkey Business

"It's some fun!"

Sep 5 1952 Approved 1h 37m
Comedy, Sci-Fi

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Plot

Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. While trying a sample dose on himself, he accidentally gets a dose of a mixture added to the water cooler and believes his potion is what is working. The mixture temporarily causes him to feel and act like a teenager, including correcting his vision. When his wife gets a dose that is even larger, she regresses even further into her childhood. When an old boyfriend meets her in this state, he believes that her never wanting to see him again means a divorce and a chance for him.

Written by

Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, I.A.L. Diamond

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Cast

Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Trailers
Monkey Business (1952) Trailer
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Michael Schlesinger on MONKEY BUSINESS
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Average Rating
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