---
title: 'Monkey Business (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1952-09-02'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/monkey-business-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044916/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Monkey Business (1952)

1952 · 97 min · Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

Monkey Business is a 1952 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe. To avoid confusion with the unrelated 1931 Marx Brothers film of the same name, the film is sometimes billed as Howard Hawks' Monkey Business.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Charles Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lederer), [I. A. L. Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-a-l-diamond)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leigh Harline](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-harline)
- **Producer:** [Sol C. Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-c-siegel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [William B. Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-b-murphy)

## Cast

- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [George Winslow](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-winslow)
- [Ginger Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginger-rogers)
- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)
- [Nico Minardos](https://cinepixo.com/people/nico-minardos)
- [Esther Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-dale)
- [Hugh Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-marlowe)
- [Marilyn Monroe](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-monroe)
- [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant)
- [Robert Cornthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cornthwaite)
- [Dabbs Greer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dabbs-greer)
- [Henri Letondal](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-letondal)
- [Charles Coburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-coburn)
- [Larry Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-keating)
- [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey)

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