Characters & Themes
Hero in the Family (1986) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1986 · 120 mins · English
- Directed by
- Mel Damski
- Starring
- Max Martini, Annabeth Gish, M. Emmet Walsh, Stephen E. Miller, Christopher Collet, David Wohl
A teenage boy discovers that his astronaut father’s mind has been swapped into a chimpanzee’s body after a space‑flight accident, while the chimp’s consciousness now occupies his father’s. Determined to rescue his dad, the son must keep the “chimp‑father” safe and find a way to reverse the bizarre brain exchange.
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