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| Director: | Mel Brooks | 
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| Writer: | Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 17, 1976 | 
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| Director: | Mel Brooks | 
| Writer: | Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson | 
| Genres: | Comedy | 
| Keywords | screenplay, stuntman, satire, slapstick comedy, mime, hollywood, silent film | 
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Crossbow Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $36,145,695 Budget: $4,400,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Mel Brooks | Mel Funn | 
| Marty Feldman | Marty Eggs | 
| Dom DeLuise | Dom Bell | 
| Sid Caesar | Studio Chief | 
| Harold Gould | Engulf | 
| Ron Carey | Devour | 
| Bernadette Peters | Vilma Kaplan | 
| Carol Arthur | Pregnant Lady | 
| Liam Dunn | Newsvendor | 
| Fritz Feld | Maitre d' | 
| Chuck McCann | Studio Gate Guard | 
| Valerie Curtin | Intensive Care Nurse | 
| Yvonne Wilder | Studio Chief's Secretary | 
| Harry Ritz | Man in Tailor Shop | 
| Charlie Callas | Blind Man | 
| Henny Youngman | Fly-in-Soup Man | 
| Arnold Soboloff | Acupuncture Man | 
| Patrick Campbell | Motel Bellhop | 
| Eddie Ryder | British Officer | 
| Al Hopson | Executive | 
| Rudy De Luca | Executive | 
| Barry Levinson | Executive | 
| Howard Hesseman | Executive | 
| Lee Delano | Executive | 
| Jack Riley | Executive | 
| Inga Neilsen | Beautiful Blonde #1 | 
| Erica Hagen | Beautiful Blonde #2 | 
| Robert Lussier | Projectionist | 
| Burt Reynolds | Self | 
| James Caan | Self | 
| Liza Minnelli | Self | 
| Anne Bancroft | Self | 
| Marcel Marceau | Self | 
| Paul Newman | Self | 
| Sivi Aberg | Beautiful Blonde #3 (uncredited) | 
| Jack Berle | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| George DeNormand | Patient (uncredited) | 
| Erik Estrada | Man in Restaurant (uncredited) | 
| Dennis Falt | Premiere Attendee (uncredited) | 
| Dody Goodman | Tourist Woman (uncredited) | 
| Bob Harks | Hospital Visitor (uncredited) | 
| George Holmes | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Shep Houghton | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Kathryn Janssen | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Michael Jeffers | Patient (uncredited) | 
| Phil Leeds | Waiter (uncredited) | 
| Norman Palmer | Patient (uncredited) | 
| Harvey Parry | Steam Roller Operator (uncredited) | 
| Candice Rialson | Girl (uncredited) | 
| Leoda Richards | Patient (uncredited) | 
| Arnold Roberts | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Alton Ruff | Anne Bancroft's Associate (uncredited) | 
| Cosmo Sardo | Club Patron (uncredited) | 
| Bill Scully | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Ray Stewart | Movie House Manager (uncredited) | 
| Robert Strong | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | 
| Jerry Trent | Dancer (uncredited) | 
| Judith Woodbury | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| Gary Wright | Audience Member (uncredited) | 
| John Zimeas | Waiter (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Mel Brooks | Screenplay, Director | 
| Ron Clark | Screenplay, Story | 
| Paul Lohmann | Director of Photography | 
| Mary Goldberg | Casting | 
| Stanford C. Allen | Editor | 
| Christine Anne Baur | Stunt Double | 
| John C. Howard | Editor | 
| Albert Brenner | Production Design | 
| Rudy De Luca | Screenplay | 
| Barry Levinson | Screenplay | 
| John Morris | Original Music Composer | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Michael Hertzberg | Producer | 
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