Monkey on My Back

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Cameron Mitchell

Barney Ross

Age : 75 | Popularity : 19%

Dianne Foster

Cathy Holland

Age : 95 | Popularity : 5%

Paul Richards

Rico, Drug Pusher (as Paul E. Richards)

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Jack Albertson

Sam Pian

Age : 74 | Popularity : 14%

Kathy Garver

Noreen

Age : 78 | Popularity : 7%

Lisa Golm

Barney's Mother

Age : 72 | Popularity : 4%

Barry Kelley

Big Ralph

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Scotty Beckett

Corpsman (uncredited)

Age : 38 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Anthony Veiller Crane Wilbur Paul Dudley
Directing	Director	André de Toth
Department	Role	Name

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