Gene Wilder
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
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Dec 15, 1974 · Gene Wilder plays the frizzy-haired, eruptive college professor Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced FRONK-en-STEEN), grandson of the infamous scientist, who gives in to the maniacal tendencies of his mad ancestor after inheriting the late Baron's Teutonic castle.
- (165K)
- Mel Brooks
- PG
- Comedy
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster.
- December 15, 1974
- Michael Gruskoff
4.8 out of 5 stars. An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
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Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania.
- (10.7K)
- Mel Brooks
- PG
- Gene Wilder
Young Frankenstein. Roger Ebert January 01, 1974. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The moment, when it comes, has the inevitability of comic genius. Young Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the count who started it all, returns by rail to his ancestral home.
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Young Frankenstein - (Original Trailer) A neurosurgeon is unwillingly pulled into the family business in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974).
