| Release Date: | Apr 1951 |
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| Genre: | Comedy / Family / Romance |
| Cast: | Ronald Reagan (Prof. Peter Boyd), Diana Lynn (Jane Linden), Walter Slezak (Prof. Hans Neumann), Lucille Barkley (Valerie Tillinghast), Jesse White (Babcock), Herbert Heyes (Dean Tillinghast), Herb Vigran (Lt. Daggett (as Herbert Vigran)), Harry Tyler (Knucksy Breckenridge), Edward Clark (Professor Fosdick (as Ed Clark)), Edward Gargan (Policeman Bill (as Ed Gargan)), Joel Friedkin (Mr. DeWitt), Brad Browne (Chief of Police), Elizabeth Flournoy (Miss Swithen), Howard Banks (Policeman), Perc Launders (Fireman), Brad Johnson (Student), Billy Mauch (Student (as Bill Mauch)), Ann Tyrrell (Telephone Operator), Bonzo (Bonzo), Ginger Anderson (Coed (uncredited)), Leslie Banning (Coed (uncredited)), Tommy Bond (Student reading newspaper (uncredited)), Bridget Carr (Girl in car (uncredited)), Larry Carr (Student (uncredited)), Larry Crane (Student (uncredited)), John Daheim (Fireman (uncredited)), Irmgard Dawson (Operator (uncredited)), Johnny Duncan (Paperboy (uncredited)), Jack Gargan (Teacher (uncredited)), Ed Jarga (Policeman (uncredited)), Philo McCullough (Teacher (uncredited)), Chip Perrin (Student (uncredited)), Midge Ware (Coed (uncredited)), Steve Wayne (Student (uncredited)), Larry Williams (Teacher (uncredited)) |
Prof. Peter Boyd is engaged to brainy dean's daughter Valerie. But the Dean wants the engagement ended when he finds that Peter's father was a crook. To prove that environment is more important than heredity, Peter adopts lab chimp Bonzo and vows to "teach this monkey the difference between right and wrong." He hires young nursemaid Jane Linden to "mother" Bonzo; but will Valerie understand if she finds Jane about the house?