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Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
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Release Date:
28 September 1951 (Finland) morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Pure Monkey Business. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ronald Reagan | ... | Prof. Peter Boyd | |
| Diana Lynn | ... | Jane Linden | |
| Walter Slezak | ... | Prof. Hans Neumann | |
| Lucille Barkley | ... | Valerie Tillinghast | |
| Jesse White | ... | Babcock | |
| Herbert Heyes | ... | Dean Tillinghast | |
| Herb Vigran | ... | Lt. Daggett (as Herbert Vigran) | |
| Harry Tyler | ... | Knucksy Breckenridge | |
| Edward Clark | ... | Professor Fosdick (as Ed Clark) | |
| Edward Gargan | ... | Policeman Bill (as Ed Gargan) | |
| Joel Friedkin | ... | Mr. DeWitt | |
| Brad Browne | ... | Chief of Police | |
| Elizabeth Flournoy | ... | Miss Swithen | |
| Howard Banks | ... | Policeman | |
| Perc Launders | ... | Fireman |
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Continuity: When Bonzo is passed through the window, he has a skirt on that soon disappears. moreQuotes:
Peter Boyd: I'm going to make that old man change his attitude if it takes till I'm 90.Hans Neumann: Good, Peter. Good, good.
Peter Boyd: Of course, Valerie probably won't be interested in me when I'm 90.
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College professor Ronald Reagan (yes, our 40th U.S. President) wants to marry his sweetheart Diana Lynn, but her father (the dean of the university) is not sure he wants his daughter with Reagan. The reason for this is the fact that Reagan's father is a life-long felon who has been in and out of correctional facilities throughout his life. Thus Reagan hatches an elaborate scheme to show that environment is the reason why beings do what they do and not genetics. He kidnaps the titled character (a chimpanzee) in the hopes of the animal being able to distinguish between right and wrong at Reagan's house. The film is pure slap-stick and works mainly due to the animal more than anything else. Reagan is adequate as he was throughout his ho-hum Hollywood career. His experience with "Bedtime for Bonzo" made him perfect for the chaotic world of politics. 2.5 out of 5 stars.