Movie Cosmos - Monkeys, Go Home!

Description:

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

As Father Sylvain

Dean Jones

As Hank Dussard

Yvette Mimieux

As Maria Riserau

Bernard Woringer

As Marcel Cartucci

Clément Harari

As Emile Paraulis

Yvonne Constant

As Yolande Angelli

Marcel Hillaire

As Mayor Gaston Lou

Jules Munshin

As Monsieur Piastillio

Alan Carney

As Grocer

Maurice Marsac

As Fontanino

Darleen Carr

As Sidoni Riserau

Don Ames

As Waiter

Jeremie Blanc Shapira

George Bruggeman

As Townsman

Peter Camlin

As Cabinet Maker

Tina Menard

As Townswoman

Ernesto Molinari

As Townsman

Emma Palmese

As Townswoman

Joe Phillips

As Festival Guest

Al Roberts

As Townsman

Hal Taggart

As Cafe Patron

John Roy

As Townsman

Top Crew >

Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

Maurice Tombragel

Screenplay

G.K. Wilkinson

Novel

Ron Miller

Co-Producer

Walt Disney

Producer

Robert F. Brunner

Original Music Composer

William E. Snyder

Director of Photography

Marsh Hendry

Editor

Carroll Clark

Art Direction

John B. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

Frank R. McKelvy

Set Decoration

Reviews:

r96sk (6/10)

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.

2020-07-28