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19881h 53mREnglish

Monkey Shines

Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead.

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A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

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DirectorGeorge A. Romero

Keywords

experimentbased on novel or bookparalysisrevengeragemonkeydisabilityscience run amokanimal testinganimal research
Budget$7M
Box Office$5M

Cast

Jason Beghe as Allan Mann

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann

John Pankow as Geoffrey Fisher

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher

Kate McNeil as Melanie Parker

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker

Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Mann

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann

Christine Forrest as Maryanne Hodges

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges

Stephen Root as Dean Burbage

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage

Stanley Tucci as Dr. John Wiseman

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman

Tom Quinn as Charlie Cunningham

Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

Janine Turner as Linda Aikman

Janine Turner

Linda Aikman

William Newman as Doc Williams

William Newman

Doc Williams