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7.3/10   78 votes
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Director:
André De Toth
Writers:
Paul Dudley (writer)
Barney Ross (book)
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Release Date:
6 March 1958 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
SHOCK by SHOCK...It Jabs Like a Hopped-Up Needle!
Plot:
The true story of Barney Ross, a World War II hero and champion professional boxer, who became addicted to morphine. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Cameron Mitchell ... Barney Ross
Dianne Foster ... Cathy Holland
Paul Richards ... Rico, Drug Pusher (as Paul E. Richards)
Jack Albertson ... Sam Pian

Kathy Garver ... Noreen
Lisa Golm ... Barney's Mother
Barry Kelley ... Big Ralph
Dayton Lummis ... J.L. McAvoy
Lewis Charles ... Lew Surati
Raymond Greenleaf ... Dr. A.J. Latham
Richard Benedict ... Art Winch

Brad Harris ... Spike McAvoy
Robert Holton ... Dr. Sullivan
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Eric Morris ... Soldier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Monkey on My Back: The Story of Barney Ross (USA) (trailer title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:(Banned) (1957) | Sweden:15
Company:
Edward Small Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Former "Our Gang" child star 'Scotty Beckett (I)' makes his final film appearance as a medic who helps Ross get hooked on morphine. Sadly, Beckett himself would die of a drug overdose ten years after this film was released. more
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4 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Great Movies, 5 October 2006
10/10
Author: chicbuc from Canada

I saw this movie when I was a little Boy I'm now a pensioner and this movie has stayed with me my whole life As I was so young it set me on course with my life.

I promised myself that I would never go near drugs as it kind of scared the hell out of me being so young it left a big impression on me. I came across your site and just for fun typed Monkey On My Back And there it was wow memories ........How great but so sad they are.

It was a long time ago. Only one other movie made such a impression On me called Home Of the Brave it taught me to see a person for who he is And not the color of their skin I lived by this and it was because I was so young that these two movies made me the way I am I will take them to my final resting place

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