Bedtime for Bonzo

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Bedtime for Bonzo

original 1951 movie poster
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Produced by Michael Kraike
Written by screenplay by
Lou Breslow &
Val Burton
story by
Ted Berkman &
Raphael Blau
Starring Ronald Reagan
Diana Lynn
Walter Slezak
Jesse White
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography Carl Guthrie
Editing by Ted Kent
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) April 5, 1951
Running time 83 min
Country USA
Language English
Followed by Bonzo Goes to College
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Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova. It revolves around the attempts of the central character, Professor Peter Boyd (played by Ronald Reagan), to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question. He hires a woman (played by Diana Lynn) to pose as the chimp's mother while he plays father to her.

This movie is one of the most remembered of Reagan's acting career.

A sequel was entitled Bonzo Goes to College (1952).

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