Where to watch Monkey Business (1952) tonight
Monkey Business (1952) runs 1 h 37 min and averages 6.7 from 311 TMDB members. Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like…
- Runtime
- 1 h 37 min — ends 9:37 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- no US certification listed
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Released
- September 3, 1952
- TMDB rating
- 6.7 / 10 from 311 votes
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Starring
- Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
- Language
- English
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-05: Hoopla (free).
Questions people ask
- How long is Monkey Business?
- Monkey Business is 1 h 37 min long (97 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:37 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is Monkey Business rated?
- TMDB lists no US age certification for Monkey Business.
- Is Monkey Business a good movie to watch with a group?
- Yes — a crowd movie. Comedy and Science Fiction hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.
- Where can I stream Monkey Business?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-05: Hoopla (free). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
Lists it could be on
- Comedies under 100 minutes
- Sci-fi movies under 2 hours
- Movies for a group
- Date night movies
- The most-rated movies on TMDB
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