Monkeys, Go Home! (1967)

5.3 | Feb 08, 1967 (US) | Comedy, Family | 01:41

Two people in love... three monkeys in business... and you in hysterics!

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.

Featured Crew

Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

Marsh Hendry

Editor

Walt Disney

Producer

Robert F. Brunner

Original Music Composer

Carroll Clark

Art Direction

John B. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Ron Miller

Co-Producer

Frank R. McKelvy

Set Decoration

Maurice Tombragel

Screenplay

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

Cast

Maurice Chevalier

Father Sylvain

Dean Jones

Hank Dussard

Yvette Mimieux

Maria Riserau

Bernard Woringer

Marcel Cartucci

Clément Harari

Emile Paraulis

Yvonne Constant

Yolande Angelli

Marcel Hillaire

Mayor Gaston Lou

Jules Munshin

Monsieur Piastillio

Alan Carney

Grocer

Maurice Marsac

Fontanino

Images

Reviews

r96sk

6 | Jul 28, 2020

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.