Bedtime for Bonzo
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| Bedtime for Bonzo | |
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 original 1951 movie poster |
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| Directed by | Frederick de Cordova |
| Produced by | Michael Kraike |
| Written by | screenplay by Lou Breslow & Val Burton story by Ted Berkman & Raphael Blau |
| Starring | Ronald Reagan Diana Lynn Walter Slezak Jesse White |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Carl Guthrie |
| Editing by | Ted Kent |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 5, 1951 |
| Running time | 83 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Bonzo Goes to College |
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| IMDb profile | |
Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova. It revolves around the attempts of the central character, Professor Peter Boyd (played by Ronald Reagan), to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question. He hires a woman (played by Diana Lynn) to pose as the chimp's mother while he plays father to it.
This movie is one of the most remembered of Reagan's acting career.
A sequel was entitled Bonzo Goes to College (1952).
[edit] External links
- Bedtime for Bonzo at the Internet Movie Database
- Bedtime for Bonzo at the TCM Movie Database
- Bedtime for Bonzo at Allmovie
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