Monkey Business (1952)
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It's some fun!
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.
- Released: 1952-09-03
- Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
- Runtime: 1h 37m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 306 votes
Directed by Howard Hawks.
Top cast
- Cary Grant as Barnaby Fulton
- Ginger Rogers as Edwina Fulton
- Charles Coburn as Oliver Oxley
- Marilyn Monroe as Lois Laurel
- Hugh Marlowe as Hank Entwhistle
- Henri Letondal as Jerome Kitzel
- Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Zoldeck
- Larry Keating as GJ Culverly
- Douglas Spencer as Dr. Brunner
- Esther Dale as Mrs. Rhinelander
Where to watch Monkey Business
- United States: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
- Canada: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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