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Going Bananas
Going Bananas

Going Bananas

Go totally bananas with Dom DeLuise and an outrageous talking chimp on the world's wackiest safari!

Genres

ComedyFamily

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

3/10

Release Date

05 August 1987

Country

United States of America

Cast

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Big Bad Joe Hopkins

Jimmie Walker

Jimmie Walker

Mozambo

David Mendenhall

David Mendenhall

Ben McNamara

Deep Roy

Deep Roy

Bonzo

Warren Berlinger

Warren Berlinger

Palermo

Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

Captain Mackintosh

Len Sparrowhawk

Len Sparrowhawk

Ship's Captain

Peter J. Elliott

Peter J. Elliott

First Mate / Clown #2

Fats Dibeco

Fats Dibeco

Sergeant Abdul

Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage

Cake Waiter

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