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Monkey on My Back

Monkey on My Back

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📜 Overview: The painfully true story of welterweight boxing champion Barney Ross is detailed in Monkey on My Back. Cameron Mitchell stars as Ross, whose meteoric ring career is interrupted when he joins the Marines at the outset of WWII. A highly decorated hero, Ross contracts malaria oversees and is given morphine to assuage the pain. By the time he returns to the states, Ross is a confirmed drug addict. Before he can rise to the top again, he must hit rock bottom and his descent into the hell of narcotics dependency is graphically illustrated (so much so that the film was almost denied a Production Code seal). Though a cured Barney Ross served as technical advisor for Monkey on My Back, he ended up suing the producers for defamation of character -- and lost.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1957-05-29
⌚ Running Time: 94 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.4

Beloved Cast

Cameron Mitchell original image
Barney Ross
Cameron Mitchell
Dianne Foster original image
Cathy Holland
Dianne Foster
Paul Richards original image
Rico, Drug Pusher (as Paul E. Richards)
Paul Richards
Jack Albertson original image
Sam Pian
Jack Albertson
Kathy Garver original image
Noreen
Kathy Garver
Lisa Golm original image
Barney's Mother
Lisa Golm
Barry Kelley original image
Big Ralph
Barry Kelley
Scotty Beckett original image
Corpsman (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett

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