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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Title: Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
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Prof. Peter Boyd
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Jane Linden
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Prof. Hans Neumann
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Dr. Valerie Tillinghast
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Babcock
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Dean Tillinghast
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Police Lt. Daggett
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Knucksy Breckenridge
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Edward Clark | ... |
Professor Fosdick
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Edward Gargan | ... |
Policeman Bill
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Joel Friedkin | ... |
Mr. DeWitt
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Brad Browne | ... |
Chief of Police
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Elizabeth Flournoy | ... |
Miss Swithen
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Howard Banks | ... |
Policeman
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Perc Launders | ... |
Fireman
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Professor Peter Boyd's engagement to the Dean's daughter is upset by the revelation that his father was a habitual convict. To prove the Dean's genetic theory of inherited traits as wrong, Boyd starts a 'secret' experiment. He borrows the science department's chimpanzee with the goal of showing that it is one's environment that affects your reaction to right and wrong. Written by Richard Stephens <[email protected]>
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28 September 1951 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
Apan August på äventyr See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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Hans Neumann: But that's a complete nonsensicality!
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The popular Ramones song Bonzo Goes To Bitburg is written about Ronald Reagan and refers to Reagan as Bonzo because of the controversy over putting a wreath on a Nazi graveyard in Bitburg. The reason why is because people found it to be unacceptable for a United States president to show any remorse for the nazis. See more »Goofs
When Bonzo is passed through the window, he has a skirt on that soon disappears. See more »Quotes
Peter Boyd: The dean has asked me to quietly resign at the end of the term.Hans Neumann: But that's a complete nonsensicality!
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There has been a lot of negative stuff over the years about this film... It really is much funnier than you might expect...And a lot of it is done with an ironic tongue in cheek...If you decide to see it...Do so with an open mind! Ronald Reagan is more than competent in his leading role...A rather interesting accomplishment when you consider he had to play opposite a Chimp! At times the production values do leave a bit to be desired, but then, you could make the same comment about a LOT of films that are over 60 years old! It's not the most original film in the history of the cinema...But it certainly is much better than most!