Monkey on My Back | |
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Directed by | Andre de Toth |
Written by | Paul Dudley Anthony Veiller Crane Wilbur |
Based on | book by Barney Ross |
Produced by | Edward Small |
Starring | Cameron Mitchell Dianne Foster |
Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
Edited by | Grant Whytock |
Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
Production company | Imperial Pictures |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.