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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tommy Kirk | ... | Merlin Jones | |
| Annette Funicello | ... | Jennifer | |
| Leon Ames | ... | Judge Holmsby | |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Darius Green III | |
| Frank Faylen | ... | Mr. Dearborne | |
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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 | |
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Alexander Lockwood | ... | Regent |
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Harry Antrim | ... | Regent |
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Midvale College is in fear of losing its college football team. The players have grades lower than the norm. Judge Holmesby, the team's biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Enter Merlin Jones, a bright college student, and his nephew Stanley, an intelligent chimpanzee. The judge wants Merlin to create an "honest way to cheat". Merlin uses "sleep learning" to help the players pass their exams. This saves the college football program from being banished, but not for long...the college is tempted to receive a $1 million dollar check from a Mr. Astorbilt. The catch is though the college must get rid of football. Judge Holmesby finds Darius Green III, who will pay $10 million dollars to the college if they can get a man to fly under his own power. The task is in Merlin's hands again. Can Merlin win the day and save the football team? Written by Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
18 August 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
10 miljoonan dollarin shekki See more »Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Sung by Annette Funicello & The Beach Boys
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The film may have been amusingly prescient in its depiction of human powered flight. In 1977, a dozen years after the film's release, the Gossamer Condor won the Kremer prize for sustained, controlled human powered flight with a lightweight pedal powered plane, not unlike the one used by Merlin Jones. See more »Soundtracks
The Monkey's UncleWritten by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Sung by Annette Funicello & The Beach Boys
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Say what you will about Walt Disney's slapstick suburban comedies of the 1960s, they at least looked good. Walt always ensured a decent production, and usually threw in some nifty visual effects, but "The Monkey's Uncle" is the exception. A pale follow-up to 1964's "The Misadventures Of Merlin Jones," the picture gets off to a spunky start with co-star Annette Funicello singing on-stage with the Beach Boys. Once the plot gets going, however, the movie becomes mired in Sitcomville; worse, it looks cheap and tatty, with flimsy walls passing for sets and terrible use of color photography. 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 ****