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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.

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 53m

Directed by George A. Romero

6.3

TMDB audience rating
6.3 out of 10 from 384 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jason Beghe

    Jason BegheAllan Mann

  • John Pankow

    John PankowGeoffrey Fisher

  • Kate McNeil

    Kate McNeilMelanie Parker

  • Joyce Van Patten

    Joyce Van PattenDorothy Mann

  • Christine Forrest

    Christine ForrestMaryanne Hodges

  • Stephen Root

    Stephen RootDean Burbage

  • Stanley Tucci

    Stanley TucciDr. John Wiseman

  • Tom QuinnCharlie Cunningham

  • Janine Turner

    Janine TurnerLinda Aikman

  • William Newman

    William NewmanDoc Williams

  • Tudi WigginsEsther Fry

  • Patricia Tallman

    Patricia TallmanParty Guest

  • David Early

    David EarlyAnesthetist

  • Eric Morgan Stuart

    Eric Morgan Stuart

  • Brad LongBAMF in Red Jacket

  • Robert Hendren

    Robert HendrenOrderly

  • Debra Gordon

    Debra GordonE.R. Nurse

  • Kate EnglishScrub Nurse

Director
George A. Romero
Writer
George A. Romero and Michael Stewart
Music
David Shire
Cinematography
James A. Contner