

Bedtime for Bonzo
DirectorFrederick de Cordova
“The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!"”
College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
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BEDTIME FOR BONZO (1951) Theatrical Trailer - Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak
Cast

Ronald Reagan
Professor Peter Boyd

Diana Lynn
Jane

Walter Slezak
Professor Hans Neumann
Lucille Barkley
Valerie Tillinghast

Jesse White
Babcock

Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast

Herb Vigran
Lt. Daggett

Harry Tyler
Knucksy
Edward Clark
Fosdick (as Ed Clark)

Edward Gargan
Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

Joel Friedkin
Mr. De Witt
Brad Browne
Chief of Police
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