Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova. It revolves around the attempts of the central character, Professor Peter Boyd (played by Ronald Reagan), to teach human morals to a chimpanzee, hoping to solve the “nature versus nurture” question. He hires a woman (played by Diana Lynn) to pose as the chimp’s mother while he plays father to it.
This movie is one of the most remembered of Reagan’s acting career although it was Reagan’s least favorite and he never saw the film.
