Monkey on My Back (1957)

19571h 34mdir. André de TothUnited States of Americabiographical filmdrama film

With Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Jack Albertson, Raymond Greenleaf, Brad Harris, Vince Barnett, Scotty Beckett, Snub Pollard

Directed by André de Toth

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Monkey on My Back is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Andre de Toth. It stars Cameron Mitchell as Barney Ross, a real-life world champion boxer and World War II hero. Though heavily fictionalized, the film deals with Ross's addiction to heroin.

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