Monkey on My Back
1957 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 403 VOTES · DIR. André de Toth
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 650 lines
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00:00:03 They got nerve. Right in front of the sign.
00:02:49 I'll just call a repairman.
00:04:05 - We'll try not to keep you too long. - How's Jasmine?
00:05:09 I'll never forget his voice.
00:06:14 What's your name?
00:08:09 Yeah, I saw a guy. About 5'10", green hoodie.
00:09:31 Why don't we take a look?
00:10:40 I don't know why he gets so upset.
00:12:26 Also, the Russian went out the back door and the alarm didn't sound.
00:13:51 Of course I do.
00:16:17 $496.
00:18:21 What about him? He looks pretty strong.
00:19:38 So?
00:20:49 It's the Same Shape as the toy on his desk.
00:22:22 Wait up, wait up, wait.
00:23:36 And go.
00:25:09 Look...
00:26:30 Madge, I think Trudy's bracelet is still here in the bank.
00:27:46 I don't know.
00:30:14 Tonight was their lucky night.
00:31:41 - And the Russian. - No, no, you still don't get it.
00:33:36 You were right. It never left the bank.
00:38:34 No, maybe not, but there's the next best thing.
00:40:39 Okay. Come over here and make me.