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Name: Monkey on My Back
Genre: Drama
Released: 1957-05-29
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson, Kathy Garver

Monkey on My Back (1957) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 4 August 2026 by ScreenSearch.

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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.

Film
1957
94 min
★ 6.8/10 TMDB
Drama

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Cast & crew

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DirectorAndré de Toth

WritersPaul Dudley, Anthony Veiller, Crane Wilbur

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