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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 83/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 590 1970s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic83/100
3,477 audience votes
Key crew
- Mel BrooksDirector
- Gene WilderScreenplay
- Mel BrooksScreenplay
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene WilderDr. Frankenstein
- Peter BoyleMonster
- Marty FeldmanIgor
- Madeline KahnElizabeth
- Cloris LeachmanFrau Blücher
- Teri GarrInga
- Kenneth MarsInspector Kemp
- Richard HaydnHerr Falkstein
- Liam DunnMr. Hilltop
- Danny GoldmanMedical Student
- Oscar Beregi Jr.Sadistic Jailor
- Arthur MaletVillage Elder
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Themes
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