Monkey Shines
Horror
Science Fiction
Drama
Thriller
Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead.
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
1988-07-29
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Cast
Director
George A. Romero
Jason Beghe as Allan Mann
John Pankow as Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil as Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest as Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root as Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci as Dr. John Wiseman
Janine Turner as Linda Aikman
William Newman as Doc Williams
Patricia Tallman as Party Guest
David Early as Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Robert Hendren as Orderly
Debra Gordon as E.R. Nurse
Anthony DiLeo Jr. as Vandal
Tina Romero as Child Playing
Frank Welker as Special Animal Voices (voice)