Young Frankenstein (1974)

12/15/1974 (US) • 1h 46m

Comedy

The scariest comedy of all time!

Overview

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

Top Billed Cast

Gene Wilder

Frederick Frankenstein

Peter Boyle

Frankenstein's Monster

Madeline Kahn

Elizabeth

Cloris Leachman

Frau Blücher

Kenneth Mars

Inspector Kemp

Richard Haydn

Gerhard Falkstein

Liam Dunn

Mr. Hilltop


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,800,000.00

Revenue

$86,273,333.00

Keywords

monster

experiment

assistant

castle

bride

parody

mad scientist

laboratory

spoof

horror spoof

black and white

scientist

bawdy

frankenstein

farcical

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