Fresh
As is, it is a minor bit of fun yielding a respectable amount of laughs but nothing, actually, over which to wax ecstatic.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Bedtime for Bonzo
The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"
1951 · 1h 23m · Approved
Comedy, Family, Romance
Directed by
Frederick de Cordova
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.
Director and cast
- Frederick de Cordova Director
- Ronald Reagan as Prof. Peter Boyd
- Diana Lynn as Jane Linden
- Walter Slezak as Prof. Hans Neumann
- Lucille Barkley as Valerie Tillinghast
- Jesse White as Babcock
- Herbert Heyes as Dean Tillinghast
- Herb Vigran as Lt. Daggett
- Harry Tyler Cast
- Edward Clark Cast
- Edward Gargan Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A dim sitcom of the kind Universal turned out by the dozens in the early 50s, distinguished -- if that's the word -- by the presence of Ronald Reagan.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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