Movie
Silent Movie
Overview
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-06-17
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Crossbow Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mel Brooks as Mel Funn
- Marty Feldman as Marty Eggs
- Dom DeLuise as Dom Bell
- Sid Caesar as Studio Chief
- Harold Gould as Engulf
- Ron Carey as Devour
- Bernadette Peters as Vilma Kaplan
- Carol Arthur as Pregnant Lady
- Liam Dunn as Newsvendor
- Fritz Feld as Maitre d'
- Chuck McCann as Studio Gate Guard
- Valerie Curtin as Intensive Care Nurse
Crew
- Mel Brooks - Director
- Ron Clark - Screenplay
- Barry Levinson - Screenplay
- Mel Brooks - Screenplay
- Rudy De Luca - Screenplay
- Ron Clark - Story
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