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Bedtime for Bonzo 1951

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

★ 6.1 1h 23m ComedyFamilyRomance

Directed by Frederick de Cordova

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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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The cast

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan Professor Peter Boyd
Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn Jane
Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak Professor Hans Neumann
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Lucille Barkley Valerie Tillinghast
Jesse White
Jesse White Babcock
Herbert Heyes
Herbert Heyes Dean Tillinghast
Herb Vigran
Herb Vigran Lt. Daggett
Harry Tyler
Harry Tyler Knucksy
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Edward Clark Fosdick (as Ed Clark)
Edward Gargan
Edward Gargan Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
Joel Friedkin
Joel Friedkin Mr. De Witt
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Brad Browne Chief of Police
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Elizabeth Flournoy Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney)
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Howard Banks Policeman

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