Monkey on My Back (film)

Monkey on My Back
Directed byAndre de Toth
Written byPaul Dudley
Anthony Veiller
Crane Wilbur
Based onbook by Barney Ross
Produced byEdward Small
StarringCameron Mitchell
Dianne Foster
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byGrant Whytock
Music byPaul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Production
company
Imperial Pictures
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 29, 1957 (1957-05-29)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Monkey on My Back is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Andre de Toth. It stars Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a real-life world champion boxer and World War II hero. Though heavily fictionalized, the film deals with Ross's addiction to heroin.