4.1 Score

1996 • 1h 28min • PG • Adventure, Comedy, Family

Dunston Checks In

"He's about to turn a Five Star Hotel into a three ring circus."

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!

IMDb 5.4

RT 17%

MC 54

Director

Ken Kwapis

Writer

Bruce Graham

Composer

Miles Goodman

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Sam the Orangutan

Dunston

Jason Alexander

Robert Grant

Faye Dunaway

Mrs. Dubrow

Rupert Everett

Lord Rutledge

Graham Sack

Brian Grant

Paul Reubens

Buck LaFarge

Glenn Shadix

Lionel Spalding

Nathan Davis

Victor Dubrow

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Sam the Orangutan Dunston

Jason Alexander Robert Grant

Faye Dunaway Mrs. Dubrow

Rupert Everett Lord Rutledge

Graham Sack Brian Grant

Paul Reubens Buck LaFarge

Glenn Shadix Lionel Spalding

Nathan Davis Victor Dubrow

Jennifer Bassey Mrs. Dellacroce

Eric Lloyd Kyle Grant

Judith Scott Nancy

Bruce Beatty Murray

Danny Comden Norm

Steven Gilborn Artie

Lois de Banzie Mrs. Winthrop

Natalie Core Mrs. Feldman

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