Jules Munshin

A young American inherits an olive farm in France and decides to use four chimpanzees to harvest the fruit when he finds the price of the local labor to be too costly.

Oscar-winners Gene Kelly ("Singin' In the Rain," "An American In Paris") and Frank Sinatra ("From Here to Eternity," "Guys and Dolls") star in this fun-filled spectacular musical about three sailors who wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York. Oscar-winning score features "New York, New York."

Henry Dussard (Dean Jones), a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest (Maurice Chevalier) and a pretty villager (Yvette Mimieux). Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited...four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities...but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople. Endless hilarity results in this slapstick family comedy!

Song and dance legend Fred Astaire ('Easter Parade,' 'Funny Face,' 'The Towering Inferno') plays a movie mogul who melts the frigid heart of Communist official, Cyd Charisse.