Movie
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.
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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Checked Sep 2, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Monkey Shines
Cast
Jason BegheAllan Mann
John PankowGeoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeilMelanie Parker
Joyce Van PattenDorothy Mann
Christine ForrestMaryanne Hodges
Stephen RootDean Burbage
Stanley TucciDr. John WisemanCredits
- Directed by
- George A. Romero
- Written by
- George A. Romero, Michael Stewart
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $7M
- Box office
- $5.3M
Production
Orion PicturesUnited States
