FEATURE FILM

The Monkey's Uncle

5.8/10
TMDB30 votes
1965Original: English87 min

College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.

Genres: Family, Comedy, Science Fiction
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Faylen

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About The Monkey's Uncle

More fun than a barrel of teenagers!

The Monkey's Uncle (1965) is a film in the family, comedy, science fiction genres. Directed by Robert Stevenson. The cast includes Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell.

Released
1965-08-18
Original language
English
Runtime
87 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Walt Disney Productions
Writers
Alfred Lewis Levitt, Helen Slote Levitt

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5.8/10 from 30 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is…

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Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.

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College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.

Who stars in The Monkey's Uncle?

Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Faylen, Leon Tyler. See the cast cards above for character names.

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