Monkey Business
“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.
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Cast
56 people
Cary Grant
Barnaby Fulton
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Ginger Rogers
Edwina Fulton
Known for
Top Hat
The Major and the Minor
Charles Coburn
Oliver Oxley
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Marilyn Monroe
Lois Laurel
Known for
Some Like It Hot
The Seven Year Itch
Hugh Marlowe
Hank Entwhistle
Known for
All About Eve
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Henri Letondal
Jerome Kitzel
Known for
The Big Sky
The Big Clock
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Zoldeck
Known for
The Thing from Another World
The War of the Worlds
Larry Keating
GJ Culverly
Known for
Mister Ed
When Worlds Collide
Douglas Spencer
Dr. Brunner
Known for
The Thing from Another World
River of No Return
Esther Dale
Mrs. Rhinelander
Known for
The Awful Truth
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
George Winslow
Little Indian
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Artists and Models
Marjorie Holliday
Oxley Receptionist (uncredited)
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Howard Hawks Director · I. A. L. Diamond Screenplay Ben Hecht Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release September 3, 1952 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Darling I Am Growing Younger
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 29, 1952
Premiere · Atlantic City, New Jersey
United States · September 3, 1952
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
September 5, 1952 · Theatrical
France
December 24, 1952 · Theatrical
January 11, 2000 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 29, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
Italy
December 31, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 19, 1952 · Theatrical
Philippines
December 9, 1952 · Theatrical · Davao
Portugal
February 9, 1953 · Theatrical
May 30, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema
Sweden
November 7, 1952 · Theatrical
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