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Monkey Shines

  • R
  • 1988
  • 1h 53m
  • Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
  • 6.3

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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Storyline

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.

Cast

Jason BegheAllan Mann
John PankowGeoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeilMelanie Parker
Joyce Van PattenDorothy Mann
Christine ForrestMaryanne Hodges
Stephen RootDean Burbage
Stanley TucciDr. John Wiseman
Tom QuinnCharlie Cunningham
Janine TurnerLinda Aikman
William NewmanDoc Williams
Tudi WigginsEsther Fry
Patricia TallmanParty Guest
David EarlyAnesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Brad LongBAMF in Red Jacket
Robert HendrenOrderly

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