Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
April 5, 1951Release Date
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
April 5, 1951Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Reagan
Prof. Peter Boyd
Diana Lynn
Jane Linden
Walter Slezak
Prof. Hans Neumann
Lucille Barkley
Dr. Valerie Tillinghast
Jesse White
Babcock
Herbert Heyes
Dean Tillinghast
Herb Vigran
Police Lt. Daggett
Harry Tyler
Knucksy Breckenridge
Edward Clark
Professor Fosdick
Edward Clark
Professor Fosdick
Edward Gargan
Policeman Bill
Joel Friedkin
Mr. De Witt
Brad Browne
Chief of Police
Frederick de Cordova
Director
Ted Berkman
Writer
Elizabeth Flournoy
Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney)
Howard Banks
Policeman
Raphael Blau
Writer
Perc Launders
Fireman
Lou Breslow
Writer
Brad Johnson
Student
Val Burton
Writer
Billy Mauch
Student (as Bill Mauch)
Michael Kraike
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 5, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. Its central character, psychology professor Peter Boyd (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question. Boyd hires Jane Linden (Lynn) to pose as the chimpanzee's mother while he plays father to it and uses 1950s-era child-rearing techniques.A sequel was released titled Bonzo Goes to College (1952), but it featured none of the three lead performers from the original film. Peggy, who had also appeared in My Friend Irma Goes West (1950), died in a fire on March 4, 1951, so another chimpanzee was hired for the second film. Reagan did not want to appear in the second film as he thought that the premise was unbelievable.