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The Monkey's Uncle

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6.0/10 • 22

1965-08-181h 27m

FamilyComedyScience Fiction

More fun than a barrel of teenagers!

College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.

Directors
Robert Stevenson
Writters
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Helen Slote Levitt
Editors
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Cotton Warburton

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  1. Tommy Kirk

    Tommy Kirk

    Merlin Jones

  2. Annette Funicello

    Annette Funicello

    Jennifer

  3. Leon Ames

    Leon Ames

    Judge Holmsby

  4. Arthur O'Connell

    Arthur O'Connell

    Darius Green III

  5. Frank Faylen

    Frank Faylen

    Mr. Dearborne

  6. Leon Tyler

    Leon Tyler

    Leon

  7. Brian Wilson

    Brian Wilson

    Self - The Beach Boys

  8. Carl Wilson

    Carl Wilson

    Self - The Beach Boys

  9. Dennis Wilson

    Dennis Wilson

    Self - The Beach Boys

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r96sk

Jul 20, 2020

6/10

Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
collegechimpanzeeflying machine