The Monkey's Uncle
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Stevenson
Tommy Kirk
Annette
Leon Ames
Arthur O'connell
Frank Faylen
Film Details
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Synopsis
Merlin Jones, an eccentric young inventor, receives permission from Judge Holmsby to legally adopt Stanley, a chimpanzee. He then embarks on his follow-up plan--to enroll Stanley as a student at Midvale College. Merlin attaches a phonograph to some electric curlers, puts the contraption on Stanley's head, and lulls the chimp to sleep with a recording that gives instructions on how to be a civilized human being. Meanwhile, the board of regents at Midvale is debating whether to allow football players with poor academic records to play on the team, but Judge Holmsby persuades Merlin to use his invention on two particularly stupid athletes, Norman and Leon. With the help of Jennifer, his girl friend, Merlin succeeds in getting them through their exams. Soon afterward, the president of Midvale is informed by wealthy Mr. Astorbilt that the college will receive $1 million from him if it will abandon football; however, Darius Green III, another millionaire, promises to donate 10 times that amount if someone at Midvale can prove the validity of a claim by one of Green's ancestors that man-powered flight is possible. Merlin is able to fulfill the conditions of the gift by inventing such a machine. As the school prepares to accept its $10 million, three men with a straitjacket appear to pick up Green, who is revealed to be Mr. Astorbilt, an escaped lunatic whose check is worthless.
Director
Robert Stevenson
Cast
Tommy Kirk
Annette
Leon Ames
Arthur O'connell
Frank Faylen
Leon Tyler
Norman Grabowski
Cheryl Miller
Connie Gilchrist
Alan Hewitt
Gage Clarke
Mark Goddard
Harry Holcombe
Alexander Lockwood
Harry Antrim
Stanley
Crew
Helen August
Tom August
Buddy Baker
Gertrude Casey
Carroll Clark
Edward Colman
Robert O. Cook
Walt Disney
Hal Gausman
Chuck Keehne
Evelyn Kennedy
Emile Kuri
Eustace Lycett
La Rue Matheron
Robert A. Mattey
Joseph L. Mceveety
Pat Mcnalley
Ron Miller
Walter Sheets
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
William H. Tuntke
Arthur J. Vitarelli
Bill Walsh
Cotton Warburton
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Notes
Although Tom August and Helen August were given credit for the screenplay when the film was initially released, according to official WGA records, Tom and Helen August were pseudonyms for writers Alfred Lewis Levitt and Helen Levitt. The WGA changed the screenplay credit to read: "Written by Alfred Lewis Levitt and Helen Levitt." The Monkey's Uncle was a sequel to Walt Disney's The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (see entry above).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1965
Sequel to "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964) directed by Robert Stevenson.
Released in United States 1965
