The Barefoot Executive

3/17/19711h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The Secret To Success Is Pure Monkey Business ~

Overview:

In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network. With his eye on the boardroom, and getting nowhere with the studio's top dog, he makes a career-changing discovery. His girlfriend's lovable pet chimp can pick a hit show every time! His secret for success turns into a madcap monkey business when he makes vice president and jealous rivals want in on the act. Ride along with narrow escapes and a classic cast featuring Joe Flynn and Harry Morgan in a comedic climb up the corporate ladder that will leave you howling for more!

Director:

Robert Butler

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Kurt Russell

~ as ~

Steven Post

Joe Flynn

~ as ~

Francis X. Wilbanks

Harry Morgan

~ as ~

E.J. Crampton

Wally Cox

~ as ~

Mertons

Heather North

~ as ~

Jennifer Scott

Alan Hewitt

~ as ~

Farnsworth

Hayden Rorke

~ as ~

Clifford

John Ritter

~ as ~

Roger

Jack Bender

~ as ~

Tom

Tom Anfinsen

~ as ~

Dr. Schmidt

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
A film that deteriorates as it goes on.

'The Barefoot Executive' begins in entertaining fashion, as it sets up the plot with Steven (Kurt Russell) and chimp Raffles. It's all enjoyable enough, it's a cool and amusing concept. The first act is good.

However, after a middling middle act it then produces a relatively terrible third act - with unnecessary focus put on the characters of Joe Flynn (Francis) and Wally Cox (Mertons). They definitely didn't know how to end this, the final lot of scenes are so pointless and predictable. That's a shame, as the opening chunk of the film is more than up to scratch.

Russell gives another acceptable performance, Flynn is actually pretty solid when his character isn't shoehorned upfront. Heather North is alright as Jennifer, if a little plain. The chimp is as cute as you'd expect.

It looked like a film that I would thoroughly like at first, sadly it got comparatively worse as it went on. I would still say it's better than a lot of other works from Disney, it just could've/should've been greater.