PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Crossbow Productions, Gruskoff/Venture Films, Jouer Limited, 20th Century Fox

Young Frankenstein

The scariest comedy of all time!

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Genre:

Comedy

Runtime:

106

Released:

1974

Rating:

7.872

Budget:

$2,800,000

Box Office:

$86,273,333

WRITERS

Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Mary Shelley

FILM OVERVIEW

Young Frankenstein

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.

DIRECTOR

Mel Brooks

GALLERY

PRODUCTION TEAM

Gene Wilder (Screenplay)

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Robert De Vestel (Set Decoration)

Mel Brooks (Screenplay)

Mel Brooks (Director)

Dorothy Jeakins (Costume Design)

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John C. Howard (Editor)

Dale Hennesy (Set Designer)

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Jane Feinberg (Casting)

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Edwin Butterworth (Makeup Artist)

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Michael Gruskoff (Producer)

CAST MEMBERS

Gene Wilder

Peter Boyle

Marty Feldman

Madeline Kahn

Cloris Leachman

Teri Garr

Kenneth Mars

Richard Haydn

Liam Dunn

Danny Goldman

MORE PRODUCTION

Gerald Hirschfeld (Director of Photography), Mike Fenton (Casting), Edward T. McAvoy (Scenic Artist), Frank Baur (Unit Production Manager), Eric D. Andersen (First Assistant Camera), Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrator), Ken Strickfaden (Thanks), Stanford C. Allen (Assistant Editor), Dale Hennesy (Production Design), Don Hall (Sound Editor), Jack M. Marino (Property Master), Barry Stern (Assistant Director), Michael Grillo (Assistant Director), Matthew Yuricich (Visual Effects), James Plannette (Gaffer), Richard Tim Vanik (Camera Operator), Dan Wallin (Scoring Mixer), Hendrik Wynands (Construction Coordinator), Richard Portman (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), William D. Gordean (Assistant Editor), Jay King (Special Effects), Gary L. King (Special Effects), Roger Creed (Stunt Coordinator), Jesse Wayne (Stunts), John Morris (Orchestrator), Ray Quiroz (Script Supervisor), John Morris (Original Music Composer), Mel Brooks (Screenstory), Gene Wilder (Screenstory), Mary Keats (Hairdresser), Gene S. Cantamessa (Production Sound Mixer), Anthony Goldschmidt (Graphic Designer), Hal Millar (Special Effects), Henry Millar Jr. (Special Effects), Phyllis Garr (Wardrobe Master), William Tuttle (Makeup Designer), Dick James (Wardrobe Master), Ed Wynigear (Wardrobe Master), Charles Sertin (Assistant Property Master), John Morris (Conductor), Anthony Goldschmidt (Title Designer), Carolyn Ewart (Wardrobe Master), Mary Shelley (Characters), Marvin Miller (Assistant Director)

MORE CAST

Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Richard A. Roth, Monte Landis, Rusty Blitz, Anne Beesley, Gene Hackman, John Madison, John Dennis, Rick Norman, Rolfe Sedan, Terrence Pushman, Randolph Dobbs, Norbert Schiller, Pat O’Hara, Michael Fox, Lidia Kristen, Berry Kroeger, Ian Abercrombie, Mel Brooks, Lou Cutell, Leoda Richards, Clement von Franckenstein, Jeff Maxwell, Lars Hensen, Johnny Marlin, Maida Severn, Arthur Tovey, Max Wagner, Gary Wright

'Young Frankenstein'

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