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While on vacation in a fictitious African country, the young son of a US senator, his guardian and their guide must stop the corrupt local police chief and the shady owner of a local circus from capturing their new friend - a talking ape.
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Big Bad Joe Hopkins
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Mozambo (as Jimmie C. Walker)
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Ben McNamara
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Bonzo
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Palermo
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Captain Mackintosh
Len Sparrowhawk ...
Ship's Captain
Peter J. Elliott ...
First Mate / Clown #2
Fats Dibeco ...
Sergeant Abdul
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Cake Waiter
Mike Westcott ...
Robert Anderson, American Ambassador
Philip van der Byl ...
Clown #1 (as Philip Van der Byl)
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Clown #3
Irene Frangs ...
Nurse
Simpson Correra ...
Dentist / Tour Guide
Gertrude Chifamba ...
Dentist's wife
Andrew Whaley ...
Young Waiter
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The Drunk (as Zvi Shisel)
Fidelis Cheza ...
Guard
Koos Strauss ...
Crazy Guy
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Margaret Grant ...
Violinist (uncredited)
Mary Haywood ...
Cellist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Boaz Davidson

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Tamar Bornstein-Lazar ... (novels "Kofiko") (as Tamar Borenstein)
 
Menahem Golan ... (written by)

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David Dortort ... executive producer
Yoram Globus ... producer
Menahem Golan ... producer
Avi Lerner ... executive producer

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Pino Donaggio

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Yossi Wein ... (as Joseph Wain)

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Bruria Davidson
Natan Zahavi

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Omneya 'Nini' Mazen ... post-production coordinator

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Robert MacDonald

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John Rosewarne

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Dankert Guillaume

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Tracy Crystal ... key makeup artist (as Tracey Crystal)
Trevor Langlois ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Michael L. Games ... unit production manager
Roni Ya'ackov ... executive in charge of production (as Rony Yacov)

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Roger La Page ... first assistant director
Sharon Shamir ... second second assistant director
Tzvi Shissel ... first assistant director (as Zvi Shisel)
Mark D. West ... second second assistant director

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Donald Fridjhon ... property master
Peter Hill ... assistant property master
Cheryl Manley ... set dresser
Emilia Roux ... signwriter (as Amelia Roux)

Sound Department

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Vanessa Theme Ament ... foley artist (as Vanessa Ament)
John Bergman ... sound mixer
Stanley B. Gill ... sound recordist
Tommy Goodwin ... adr mixer / foley mixer
Oscar Mitt ... assistant sound editor (as Sergei Dulczewski)
Richard Villa ... sound editor
R.D. Stanton Jr. ... apprentice sound editor (uncredited)

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John C. Hartigan ... special effects coordinator
Massimo Vico ... special effects 1st assistant

Stunts

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Roy Dhlamini ... stunt player
Bobby Porter ... stunt player
Bob Simmons ... stunt coordinator (as Robert Simmons)
Tyrone Stevenson ... stunt player
Rocky Weistein ... stunt player
Jannie Wienand ... stunt arranger

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Howard Bashew ... second unit director of photography
Harmon Cusack ... camera operator: "b" camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Robyn Williams ... wardrobe mistress

Location Management

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Neal Sundstrom ... location manager

Music Department

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Maurizio Guarini ... musician: keyboards

Script and Continuity Department

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Juli Lotter ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Keith Anderson ... circus choreographer (as Keith Oslo Anderson)
Wenden K. Baldwin ... title design
Maurizio Guarini ... synthesizer programmer
Mark Lawrie ... 1st Unit Focus Puller
Rocky Palmer ... 2nd Unit Focus
Kyle Seidenbaum ... title design

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Plot Summary

Deep in Africa's exotic Momba-Zomba Land, young David Menden-Hall (Over the Top) befriends a mischievous little chimpanzee--only to discover the critter can talk! Soon, his friends Joe (Dom DeLuise) and Mozambo (Jimmie Walker) are going ape trying to save the chatty chimp after he's sold to the circus by crooked police chief Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther)! It's one cliff-hanger after another as the three friends embark on a zany, slapstick safari into non-stop monkeyshines! Written by Wayne Russell

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Also Known As
  • African Adventure (United States)
  • My African Adventure (United States)
  • My African Adventure (South Africa, English title)
  • Ben, Bonzo and Big Bad Joe (South Africa, English title)
  • Mon aventure africaine (France)
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  • 95 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Clyde the Organgatan from the hit Clint Eastwood films, Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980) showed up at Menahem Golan's office in which he shamelessly pitched this film to Clyde's agents in an attempt to sign him for his Cannon productions. When that didn't happen, he presented director Boaz Davidson with Deep Roy (who would eventually dress up as a monkey) and brazenly told him, "Meet your new monkey!" See more »
Goofs The barrel on Mozambo's rifle is bent when they sneak into the circus. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014). See more »
Quotes Ship's Captain: He's going to the jungles of Africa, slippers won't save him.
Big Bad Joe: Captain, I've been appointed as this boy's caretaker for the remainder of this journey.
Ben: Captain, my father arranged for a guide to meet us.
Ship's Captain: A guide huh? He'll probably eat you
[laughs]
Ship's Captain: .
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