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Overview

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Writer:
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 April 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Family | Romance more
Tagline:
There were 3 conditions to the 5 million dollar inheritance, and they had to be bathed once a week.
Plot:
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orang outangs... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
one funny film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tony Danza ... Foster

Jessica Walter ... Fiona
Stacey Nelkin ... Cynthia (as Stacey Nelkin)

Danny DeVito ... Lazlo
Art Metrano ... Joey

Frank Sivero ... Bad Habit
Rick Hurst ... Brandon
Howard Mann ... Jules Cohen
Joseph Maher ... Gridley

Leon Askin ... Zebrewski
Jacquelyn Hyde ... Zaida
Ted White ... Goon #1
Bob Terhune ... Goon #2
Jaye Durkus ... Goon #3 (as Jay Durkus)
Angus Duncan ... Farley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Movielab)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)
Certification:
USA:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)
Filming Locations:
San Diego, California, USA
Company:
City Films more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The letter that Poppy is supposed to give Foster jumps from her right hand to her left. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kicking and Screaming (1995) more
Soundtrack:
GRIM BROTHER GRIMM more

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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
one funny film, 1 December 2002
Author: jeff arent from ft. worth, texas

i loved this movie, i first saw it when i was five, now fifteen years it's just as funny as it was the first time. i own the video, and i have the original poster framed on my bedroom wall. this one the best "ape" films out there.

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