| Monkeys, Go Home! | |
| Director: | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Based On: | The Monkeys by G.K. Wilkinson |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Screenplay: | Maurice Tombragel |
| Starring: | Maurice Chevalier Yvette Mimieux Dean Jones |
| Music: | Robert F. Brunner |
| Cinematography: | William E. Snyder |
| Editing: | Marsh Hendry |
| Studio: | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributor: | Buena Vista Distribution |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $3,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Monkeys, Go Home! is a 1967 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film stars Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones, and Yvette Mimieux.[2] Aside from contributing to the soundtrack of Disney's animated film The Aristocats (1970), this was Chevalier's final film role.
Released on February 8, 1967, this was the first feature-length film released by Walt Disney Productions since the founder's death nearly two months earlier.
Hank Dussard (Jones), the new owner of an olive grove in Provence, France, brings in trained chimpanzee labor, which upsets other workers. Hank eventually gains the town's confidence with the kind aid of Father Sylvain (Chevalier) and his neighbor Maria Riserau (Mimieux).
Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it "another of those bland little confections turned out regularly by the Disney studio".[3] Arthur D. Murphy of Variety declared it "an amusing comedy-romance" with "the usual professional Disney blend of children, animals, humor and charm".[4] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "a typical Disney family film".[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Olive farming certainly provides an unusual background, but otherwise all is innocuous, extrovertly cheerful and good-humoured—and very dull."[6]