Monkeys Go Home (1967)

Henry Dussard a young American inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager Desperate for laborers the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited four mischievous monkeys As former members of an Air Force space team these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople