Bedtime for Bonzo

Bedtime for Bonzo

The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"

NR 1951 · 83 min · ★ 6.1 · 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.

Directed by Frederick de Cordova · Written by Lou Breslow

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