The Monkey's Uncle

8/18/19651h 27m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ More fun than a barrel of teenagers! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

college
chimpanzee
flying machine

Cast

Tommy Kirk

~ as ~

Merlin Jones

Annette Funicello

~ as ~

Jennifer

Leon Ames

~ as ~

Judge Holmsby

Arthur O'Connell

~ as ~

Darius Green III

Frank Faylen

~ as ~

Mr. Dearborne

Leon Tyler

~ as ~

Leon

Brian Wilson

~ as ~

Self - The Beach Boys

Carl Wilson

~ as ~

Self - The Beach Boys

Dennis Wilson

~ as ~

Self - The Beach Boys

Al Jardine

~ as ~

Self - The Beach Boys

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
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.