Rent Monkey Business (1952)
3.5 of 5 from 97 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
- In this outrageous screwball comedy, a voluptuous secretary and her handsome boss can't stop themselves from engaging in a little monkey business after a chimpanzee accidentally concocts, then dumps, an anti-ageing formula into the office water cooler.
- Actors:
- Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal, Robert Cornthwaite, Larry Keating, Douglas Spencer, Esther Dale, George Winslow, Charlotte Austin, Harry Bartell, Faire Binney, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Harry Carter, Ronnie Clark, Russ Clark, Heinie Conklin
- Directors:
- Howard Hawks
- Voiced By:
- Howard Hawks
- Writers:
- Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1902-62, Films & TV by topic, Fred and Ginger: Duets and Solos, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Marilyn Monroe, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Howard Hawks
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Going Back in Time - Monkey Business review by CH
Written by associates of Billy Wilder and directed by Howard Haws, who was never one to slacken the pace, this is a return to the screwball trends of the previous two decades. As with those, the premise is slight, even preposterous: Cary Grant, married to Ginger Rogers, is on the track of a rejuvenation liquid at a labatory where a secretary is Marilyn Monroe: another early part to which she beings brio - although there are moments when all the cast is outclassed by a chimp and even by a (human) baby. Do not inger over the illogic of it all, but relish one surreal scene after another - and help Grant look for his spectacles.
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