Going Bananas (film)

Going Bananas is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Boaz Davidson and written by Menahem Golan. The film stars Dom DeLuise, Jimmie Walker, David Mendenhall, Deep Roy, Warren Berlinger and Herbert Lom. The film was released on February 12, 1988, by Cannon Film Distributors.^[1][2]

Going Bananas
Directed by	Boaz Davidson
Written by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Yoram Globus Menahem Golan
Starring	Dom DeLuise Jimmie Walker David Mendenhall Deep Roy Warren Berlinger Herbert Lom
Cinematography	Joseph Wein
Edited by	Bruria Davidson Natan Zahavi
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Production company	The Cannon Group
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release dates	August 5, 1987 (1987-08-05) (France) February 12, 1988 (1988-02-12) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A boy (David Mendenhall), his guardian (Dom DeLuise) and an African guide (Jimmie Walker) try to save a talking chimp called Bonzo from bad guys.

Cast

• Dom DeLuise as Big Bad Joe Hopkins
• Jimmie Walker as Mozambo
• David Mendenhall as Ben McNamara
• Deep Roy as Bonzo
• Warren Berlinger as Palermo
• Herbert Lom as Captain Mackintosh
• Fats Dibeco as Sergeant Abdul
• Graham Armitage as Cake Waiter
• Mike Westcott as Robert Anderson

Production

The role of Big Bad Joe Hopkins was advertised to be played by Bud Spencer before changed to Dom DeLuise. Directors considered were Menahem Golan and Sam Firstenberg.