Shakma (1990)

Directors

Hugh Parks, Tom Logan

Cast

Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss

The story

Shakma, a hamadryas baboon belonging to medical student Sam, is injected by Sam's professor Sorensen with an experimental variation of corticotropin intended to inhibit aggression. When Shakma awakes and goes berserk, Sorensen instructs Sam to euthanize him, but Sam cannot bring himself to carry out the order and leaves Shakma unconscious. Before fellow student Richard can cremate Shakma, Sorensen insists on performing a necropsy the following day, and Shakma is left alive.

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