Monkey on My Back
"SHOCK by SHOCK...It Jabs Like a Hopped-Up Needle!"
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.
About Monkey on My Back (1957)
Released in 1957, Monkey on My Back is a drama film from Edward Small Productions (United States of America). It was directed by André de Toth and written by Crane Wilbur and Paul Dudley. The cast is led by Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson and Kathy Garver. With a runtime of 1h 34m, the film averages 6.8/10 across 6 TMDB ratings.
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