Monkey Shines
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.
6.3(369) 1988-07-29 113 minHorrorScience FictionDramaThriller
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.
DirectorGeorge A. Romero
ScreenplayGeorge A. Romero
ProducerCharles Evans
Original Music ComposerDavid Shire
Cast & characters
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
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Tom Quinn
as Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
as Linda Aikman
William Newman
as Doc Williams
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Tudi Wiggins
as Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
as Party Guest
David Early
as Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
as —
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Brad Long
as BAMF in Red Jacket
Robert Hendren
as Orderly
Debra Gordon
as E.R. Nurse
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Kate English
as Scrub Nurse
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Rik Billock
as Garbage Man
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Christina Galesi
as Nurse
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Leslie Dane Shapiro
as Nurse
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Alice Shure
as Nurse
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Melanie Verlin
as Vandal
Anthony DiLeo Jr.
as Vandal
