Hey, hey they're monkeys. People say they monkey around. And this innocuous kidpic won't put anybody down.
In the early 1900s, a train carrying a French circus act derails in Oklahoma, and a bewildered bunch of performing chimps scamper into nearby woods. Jay Berry Lee (Corey Sevier), a mischief-prone 12-year-old farm kid, glimpses the exotic animals, but nobody gives him much credence until a poster
goes up advertising $85 in reward money for the monkeys' safe return. Jay wants to buy a pony for himself, so he goes about trying to trap the creatures, despite the disapproval of his strict parents (Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope). The crafty primates foil one lure ...
Released:
1998
Rated:
G
Length:
81 mins