Gene Wilder
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
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Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher, the housekeeper of the Frankenstein estate; Teri Garr as Inga, a young woman who becomes Frederick's assistant; Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp, a one-eyed police inspector with a prosthetic arm; Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth; Richard Haydn as Herr Gerhardt Falkstein, a lawyer; Richard Roth as Inspector Kemp's Aide
Cloris Leachman, who looks like a cross between a witch and a warlock, plays the feared housekeeper Frau Bleucher (neighhh!!!), and a very young, beautiful, and buxom Teri Garr plays the nurse-assistant to the good doctor.
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- Mel Brooks
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- The film was originally to be produced at Columbia, but the studio only greenlit a budget of $1.75m. Brooks said it was impossible to shoot the film with that budget, demanding at least $2m, maybe more.
- Brooks insisted that Gene Wilder get top billing as the writer because he came up with the idea to make the film during the production of Blazing Saddles.
- Brooks purposely shot the movie as James Whale did the original Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. He used many wide shots, almost never zoomed in, and chose only to move the camera with minimal effect.
- Liam Dunn, who plays the old man getting kicked in the balls during Frankenstein’s lecture, was originally a casting director who later took up acting.
Aug 30, 2016 · EXCLUSIVE: Cloris Leachman, who worked with Gene Wilder on projects including Mel Brooks’ classic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, told Deadline via her reps that she had so much respect for...
Leachman appeared in three Mel Brooks films including the comedic horror satire Young Frankenstein (1974), in which the mere mention of the name of her character, Frau Blücher, elicits the loud neighing of horses (an homage to a cinematic villain stereotype).
Young Frankenstein. Rating: PG. Runtime: 1h 45min. Release Date: December 15, 1974. Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction. An all-star cast that includes Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman and Marty Feldman bring Mel Brooks’ uniquely riotous take on the classic Frankenstein story to life!
Aug 18, 2012 · 1K. 106K views 11 years ago. Emmy winner Jake Hamilton sits down to talk with Cloris Leachman about the Mel Brooks classic, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN -- only on JAKE'S TAKES! Follow Jake around...
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