Monkey Business poster
Screenplay Howard Hawks, I. A. L. Diamond, Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht
Director Howard Hawks

Monkey Business

Comedy1952

Tagline: It's some fun!

Release Date: 1952-09-03

Duration: 97 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Kathleen Freeman
    Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)
  • Dabbs Greer
    Cabbie (uncredited)
  • Marilyn Monroe
    Lois Laurel
  • Cary Grant
    Barnaby Fulton
  • Ginger Rogers
    Edwina Fulton
  • Forbes Murray
    Board Member (uncredited)
  • Harry Carey, Jr.
    Reporter (uncredited)
  • Howard Hawks
    Man in Opening (voice) (uncredited)
  • Jerry Paris
    Scientist (uncredited)
  • Charles Coburn
    Oliver Oxley