

Going Bananas
1987-08-05 · 95 min · ★ 3.6
An evil circus owner chases a chimp and his friends through Africa. Not necessarily 'Dyn-O-Mite!', but this silly monkey business is decent family fun.
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Production details
- Directors
- Boaz Davidson
- Production companies
- Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dom DeLuiseBig Bad Joe Hopkins
Jimmie WalkerMozambo
David MendenhallBen McNamara
Deep RoyBonzo
Warren BerlingerPalermo
Herbert LomCaptain Mackintosh
Peter J. ElliottFirst Mate / Clown #2
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