Bedtime for Bonzo
“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”
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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Cast
19 people
Ronald Reagan
Professor Peter Boyd
Known for
Dark Victory
The Killers
Diana Lynn
Jane
Known for
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Major and the Minor
Walter Slezak
Professor Hans Neumann
Known for
Lifeboat
Michael
Lucille Barkley
Valerie Tillinghast
Also in
Flight to Mars
The Other Woman
Jesse White
Babcock
Known for
Harvey
The Bad Seed
Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast
Known for
A Place in the Sun
T-Men
Herb Vigran
Lt. Daggett
Known for
Charlotte's Web
Galactica 1980
Harry Tyler
Knucksy
Known for
Witness to Murder
Tobacco Road
Edward Clark
Fosdick (as Ed Clark)
Also in
Branded
Crashout
Edward Gargan
Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Also in
Detective Kitty O'Day
A-Haunting We Will Go
Joel Friedkin
Mr. De Witt
Also in
Money Madness
The Last Alarm
Brad Browne
Chief of Police
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Frederick de Cordova Director · Lou Breslow Screenplay Val Burton Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.2M · United States release April 5, 1951 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,225,000
Production
Universal International Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 15, 1951
Premiere · Indianapolis, Indiana
United States · April 5, 1951
Theatrical
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