Hero in the Family (1986)
A teenage son of an astronaut tries to help his father after he and a chimpanzee switch brains as the result of a space flight mis-hap in which the boy must protect the "chimp" in which his...
Top billed cast
Christopher ColletBenjamin Reed
Cliff DeYoungDigger Reed
Annabeth GishJessie
Darleen CarrLisa Reed
Keith DormanRalph
David WohlLoudon
M. Emmet WalshGeneral Presser
Jay BrazeauZoo Guard
Bernard CufflingGalleria Manager
Don S. DavisCapcom
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