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.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$7000000
Revenue
$5344577
Runtime
113 min
Release Date
1988-07-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
333
Vote Average
6.3
Jason Beghe
Allan Mann
John Pankow
Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil
Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten
Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest
Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root
Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci
Dr. John Wiseman
Tom Quinn
Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc Williams
Tudi Wiggins
Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
Party Guest
David Early
Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Brad Long
BAMF in Red Jacket
Robert Hendren
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Debra Gordon
E.R. Nurse
Kate English
Scrub Nurse
Rik Billock
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Christina Galesi
Nurse
Leslie Dane Shapiro
Nurse
Alice Shure
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Melanie Verlin
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Anthony DiLeo Jr.
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Lia Savini
Child Playing
Mitchell Baseman
Child Playing
Tina Romero
Child Playing
Michael Naft
Young Allan
Chuck Baker
Ambulance Driver
Frank Welker
Special Animal Voices (voice)
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