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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 ...
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Bedtime for Bonzo: Directed by Frederick De Cordova. With Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley. A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Frederick De Cordova
- 1951-04-05
When Professor Peter Boyd's father-in-law to be objects to his heredity, Peter attempts to prove nurture trumps nature by raising a chimp named Bonzo to have good morals; and to assist him he ...
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- Ronald Reagan
- Frederick De Cordova
- Universal/Universal Int
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Synopsis. At Sheridan College, psychology professor Peter Boyd helps science professor Hans Neumann by rescuing Bonzo, a baby chimp recently brought to America, from a suicide attempt. At the same time, ex-convict Breckenridge informs the college's dean, Tillinghast, that Peter's father was the legendary con man "Silky" Boyd.
- Frederick De Cordova, Joe Kenny
- Ronald Reagan
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Peter Boyd (Ronald Reagan), a college professor of psychology, is in love with Dr. Valerie Tillinghast, the college dean's daughter. Dean Tillinghast (Herbert Heyes), a firm believer in heredity, opposes their impending marriage on the grounds that Peter's father was a notorious criminal.
