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Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)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. Director:Frederick De Cordova |
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| Ronald Reagan | ... |
Prof. Peter Boyd
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| Diana Lynn | ... |
Jane Linden
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Walter Slezak | ... |
Prof. Hans Neumann
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Lucille Barkley | ... |
Valerie Tillinghast
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Jesse White | ... |
Babcock
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Herbert Heyes | ... |
Dean Tillinghast
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Herb Vigran | ... |
Lt. Daggett
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Harry Tyler | ... |
Knucksy Breckenridge
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Edward Clark | ... |
Professor Fosdick
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Edward Gargan | ... |
Policeman Bill
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Joel Friedkin | ... |
Mr. DeWitt
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Brad Browne | ... |
Chief of Police
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Elizabeth Flournoy | ... |
Miss Swithen
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Howard Banks | ... |
Policeman
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Perc Launders | ... |
Fireman
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Storyline
Professor Peter Boyd's engagement to the Dean's daughter is upset by the revelation that his father was a habitual convict. To prove the Dean's genetic theory of inherited traits as wrong, Boyd starts a 'secret' experiment. He borrows the science department's chimpanzee with the goal of showing that it is one's environment that affects your reaction to right and wrong. Written by Richard Stephens <richards@metronet.com>
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(Finland) See more »Also Known As:
Apan August på äventyr See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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During the 1980 US Presidential campaign when Ronald Reagan was the Republican nominee; this film suddenly became extremely popular again and was frequently shown on television. The joke in Washington was that "Bedtime for Bonzo" was a "favorite of old movie buffs and Democrats". See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Bonzo is passed through the window, he has a skirt on that soon disappears. See more »Connections
Referenced in 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997) See more »
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