Monkey Shines

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.

1988 en 113 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

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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Cast

Jason Beghe

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann

John Pankow

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher

Kate McNeil

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker

Joyce Van Patten

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann

Christine Forrest

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges

Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman

Tom Quinn

Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

Janine Turner

Janine Turner

Linda Aikman

William Newman

William Newman

Doc Williams

Tudi Wiggins

Tudi Wiggins

Esther Fry

Patricia Tallman

Patricia Tallman

Party Guest

David Early

David Early

Anesthetist

Eric Morgan Stuart

Eric Morgan Stuart

Brad Long

Brad Long

BAMF in Red Jacket

Robert Hendren

Robert Hendren

Orderly

Debra Gordon

Debra Gordon

E.R. Nurse

Kate English

Kate English

Scrub Nurse

Rik Billock

Rik Billock

Garbage Man

Christina Galesi

Christina Galesi

Nurse

Leslie Dane Shapiro

Leslie Dane Shapiro

Nurse

Alice Shure

Alice Shure

Nurse

Melanie Verlin

Melanie Verlin

Vandal

Anthony DiLeo Jr.

Anthony DiLeo Jr.

Vandal

Lia Savini

Lia Savini

Child Playing

Mitchell Baseman

Mitchell Baseman

Child Playing

Tina Romero

Tina Romero

Child Playing

Michael Naft

Michael Naft

Young Allan

Chuck Baker

Chuck Baker

Ambulance Driver

Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Special Animal Voices (voice)

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