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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Monkey on My Back' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Monkey on My Back' right now, here are some specifics about the Edward Small Productions drama flick.
Released May 29th, 1957, 'Monkey on My Back' stars Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 4 top users.
Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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"
'Monkey on My Back' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on fuboTV, Epix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video, Epix Roku Premium Channel, and EPIX Amazon Channel .
'Monkey on My Back' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on May 29th, 1957
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