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Bedtime for Bonzo

Bedtime for Bonzo

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Bedtime for Bonzo

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

1951

1h 23m

6.0(18 votes)

Comedy

Family

Romance

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Professor Peter Boyd

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Jane

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Professor Hans Neumann

Lucille Barkley

Valerie Tillinghast

Jesse White

Jesse White

Babcock

Herbert Heyes

Herbert Heyes

Dean Tillinghast

Herb Vigran

Herb Vigran

Lt. Daggett

Harry Tyler

Harry Tyler

Knucksy

Edward Clark

Fosdick (as Ed Clark)

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

Creative team

Directed by: Frederick de Cordova
Written by: Lou Breslow
Val Burton
Produced by: Michael Kraike

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