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The Monkey's Uncle (1965) -- Midvale College is in fear of losing it's college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm...
The Monkey's Uncle (1965) -- Midvale College is in fear of losing it's college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm...

Overview

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5.4/10   253 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Alfred Lewis Levitt (written by) (originally as Tom August) &
Helen Levitt (written by) (originally as Helen August)
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Release Date:
18 August 1965 (USA) more
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Tagline:
More fun than a barrel of teenagers!
Plot:
Midvale College is in fear of losing it's college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm... more | add synopsis
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"Merlin Jones" is back...but film looks like some quickie B-flick more (5 total)

Cast

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Tommy Kirk ... Merlin Jones

Annette Funicello ... Jennifer
Leon Ames ... Judge Holmsby
Arthur O'Connell ... Darius Green III

Frank Faylen ... Mr. Dearborne
Leon Tyler ... Leon
Norman Grabowski ... Norman
Cheryl Miller ... Lisa
Connie Gilchrist ... Mrs. Gossett
Alan Hewitt ... Professor Shattuck
Gage Clarke ... College President
Mark Goddard ... Haywood
Harry Holcombe ... Regent
Alexander Lockwood ... Regent
Harry Antrim ... Regent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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"Merlin Jones" is back...but film looks like some quickie B-flick, 25 February 2001
3/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Say what you will about Walt Disney's silly suburban comedies of the 1960s, they at least LOOKED good. Walt always ensured a decent production and usually threw in some nifty visual effects for the fun of it. The exception is "The Monkey's Uncle". After a spunky start with Annette Funicello singing on-stage with The Beach Boys, this movie settles into Sitcom-ville with tired results. Worse, it looks terrible, with flimsy walls that are supposed to pass as sets and terrible use of color photography. Rarely have I seen a movie that looked so bad, with lots of yellow meringue and pea-green curtains and costumes. Having enjoyed "The Misadventures Of Merlin Jones" for what it was, I expected Disney to up the fun-quotient with this sequel, but it's a real snooze. *1/2 from ****

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