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Monkeys, Go Home!

"Two people in love... three monkeys in business... and you in hysterics!"

Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.

Top Cast

  • Maurice Chevalier

    Maurice Chevalier

    Father Sylvain

  • Dean Jones

    Dean Jones

    Hank Dussard

  • Yvette Mimieux

    Yvette Mimieux

    Maria Riserau

  • Bernard Woringer

    Bernard Woringer

    Marcel Cartucci

  • Clément Harari

    Clément Harari

    Emile Paraulis

  • Yvonne Constant

    Yvonne Constant

    Yolande Angelli

  • Marcel Hillaire

    Marcel Hillaire

    Mayor Gaston Lou

  • Jules Munshin

    Jules Munshin

    Monsieur Piastillio

  • Alan Carney

    Alan Carney

    Grocer

Overview

Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.

Rating

5.4 / 10
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  • r96sk
    r96sk
    6 Jul 28, 2020

    I don't have any negative feelings towards this, yet I have nothing for it positively either - there's no real enjoyment or entertainment to be had. 'Monkeys, Go Home!' starts off intriguingly, but to me as soon as the monkeys turn up it loses all interest - which, as you can imagine, isn't great considering the title. It just sleepwalks through its run time. Dean Jones (Hank), Maurice Chevalier (Sylvain) and Yvette Mimieux (Maria) all give decent performances, but unfortunately for them everything else about the film is just so average. As for the other cast members, Bernard Woringer (Marcel) & Clément Harari (Emile) are OK antagonists. The score is solid while the locations look pretty good. However, sadly, I can't really majorly praise much else about this. Even if there are worse films out there, of course.

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