Bedtime for Bonzo
The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"
6.0
18 votes
1951
1h 23m
Comedy
Family
Romance
Overview
College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Top cast
Ronald Reagan
Professor Peter Boyd
Diana Lynn
Jane
Walter Slezak
Professor Hans NeumannL
Lucille Barkley
Valerie Tillinghast
Jesse White
Babcock
Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast
Herb Vigran
Lt. Daggett
Harry Tyler
KnucksyE
Edward Clark
Fosdick (as Ed Clark)
Edward Gargan
Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Joel Friedkin
Mr. De WittB
Brad Browne
Chief of PoliceE
Elizabeth Flournoy
Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney)H
Howard Banks
PolicemanP
Perc Launders
Fireman
Brad Johnson
Student
Billy Mauch
Student (as Bill Mauch)
Ann Tyrrell
Telephone OperatorP
Peggy
BonzoDetails
Status
Released
Release date
April 5, 1951
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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