Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. [4] Its central character, a psychology professor (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question. [5]

Bedtime for Bonzo: Directed by Frederick De Cordova. With Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley. A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity i...

At Sheridan College, psychology professor Peter Boyd helps science professor Hans Neumann by rescuing Bonzo, a baby chimp recently brought to America, from a suicide attempt. At the same time, ex-convict Breckenridge informs the college's dean, Tillinghast, that Peter's father was the legendary con man "Silky" Boyd.

Bedtime For Bonzo (1951) Full Movie - Ronald Reagan. trumps heredity in behavioral development. A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity...

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Ronald Reagan stars as a professor who hires a nanny to help him raise a chimpanzee and solve the nature vs. nurture debate once and for all.

Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova and starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and a chimpanzee named Peggy as Bonzo. Its central character, a psychology professor (Reagan), tries to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the "nature versus nurture" question.

The funniest new idea on film since "FRANCIS!" College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.