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Directed by | Andrew V. McLaglen |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Screenplay by | Maurice Tombragel |
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Maurice Chevalier Yvette Mimieux Dean Jones |
Music by | Robert F. Brunner |
Cinematography | William E. Snyder |
Edited by | Marsh Hendry |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,000,000 (US/ Canada) |
Monkeys, Go Home! is a 1967 Disney film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The movie stars Maurice Chevalier and Yvette Mimieux. Dean Jones plays Hank Dussard, the new owner of an olive grove, who brings in chimp labor, upsetting the other workers. Hank eventually gains the town's confidence with the kind aid of Father Sylvain and his neighbor Maria Riserau.
Released on February 8, 1967, this was the first feature-length film released by Walt Disney Productions since the founder's death nearly two months earlier.