Bedtime for Bonzo
“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”
1951•NR•1h 23m•6.0•Released
ComedyFamilyRomance
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.
Director
Frederick de Cordova
Writer
Lou Breslow, Val Burton
Languages
English
Studio
Universal International Pictures
Cast
Ronald Reagan
Professor Peter Boyd
Diana Lynn
Jane
Walter Slezak
Professor Hans Neumann
Lucille Barkley
Valerie Tillinghast
Jesse White
Babcock
Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast
Herb Vigran
Lt. Daggett
Harry Tyler
Knucksy
Edward Clark
Fosdick (as Ed Clark)
Edward Gargan
Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Joel Friedkin
Mr. De Witt
Brad Browne
Chief of Police
Elizabeth Flournoy
Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney)
Howard Banks
Policeman
Perc Launders
Fireman
Production
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
Michael Kraike
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