Here's the primate with the mostest! Early Tarzan films led the way, with the ape-man's own furry jungle swinger, Cheetah. Now there's Dunston (played by Sam), an orangutan acting as the unwilling sidekick to a snooty English peer (Rupert Everett) who wants to use him to burgle New York's Majestic Hotel. It's amiable tosh, but Dunston's antics - especially when he's rescued by the hotel manager's two young sons - are as delightfully appealing as Faye Dunaway's rudely ruthless proprietor is unattractive.

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!