Universal International Pictures presents

Bedtime for Bonzo

Name: Bedtime for Bonzo
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Released: 1951-04-05

directed by Frederick de Cordova

“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”

19511h 23mNRComedy

Universal International Pictures presents

Bedtime for Bonzo

directed by Frederick de Cordova

“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”

19511h 23mNRComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy · Family · Romance

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.

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professor chimpanzee screwball comedy social experiment

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Ronald Reagan

as Professor Peter Boyd

Diana Lynn

as Jane

Walter Slezak

as Professor Hans Neumann

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Lucille Barkley

as Valerie Tillinghast

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§ Bonzo

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Bonzo Goes to College

1952

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