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Summary

Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.

Cast

Maurice Chevalier

Father Sylvain

Dean Jones

Hank Dussard

Yvette Mimieux

Maria Riserau

Bernard Woringer

Marcel Cartucci

Clément Harari

Emile Paraulis

Yvonne Constant

Yolande Angelli

Marcel Hillaire

Mayor Gaston Lou

Jules Munshin

Monsieur Piastillio

Alan Carney

Grocer

Maurice Marsac

Fontanino

Darleen Carr

Sidoni Riserau

Don Ames

Waiter

Jeremie Blanc Shapira

George Bruggeman

Townsman

Peter Camlin

Cabinet Maker

Tina Menard

Townswoman

Ernesto Molinari

Townsman

Emma Palmese

Townswoman

Joe Phillips

Festival Guest

Al Roberts

Townsman

Hal Taggart

Cafe Patron

John Roy

Townsman

Crew

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Novel

G.K. Wilkinson

Screenplay

Maurice Tombragel

Reviews

r96sk

July 28, 2020

6

I don't have any negative feelings towards this, yet I have nothing for it positively either - there's no real enjoyment or entertainment to be had.

<em>'Monkeys, Go Home!'</em> starts off intriguingly, but to me as soon as the monkeys turn up it loses all interest - which, as you can imagine, isn't great considering the title. It just sleepwalks through its run time.

Dean Jones (Hank), Maurice Chevalier (Sylvain) and Yvette Mimieux (Maria) all give decent performances, but unfortunately for them everything else about the film is just so average. As for the other cast members, Bernard Woringer (Marcel) & Clément Harari (Emile) are OK antagonists.

The score is solid while the locations look pretty good. However, sadly, I can't really majorly praise much else about this. Even if there are worse films out there, of course.