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61% Critic Match
Bedtime for Bonzo
“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”
6.1 / 10• 1951• 1h 23m•NR• English
ComedyFamilyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ronald Reagan
Professor Peter Boyd
Lead
Diana Lynn
Jane
Walter Slezak
Professor Hans Neumann
LB
Lucille Barkley
Valerie Tillinghast
Jesse White
Babcock
Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast
Herb Vigran
Lt. Daggett
Harry Tyler
Knucksy
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frederick de Cordova's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bedtime for Bonzo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
