Silent Movie

Silent Movie

87 mins | Comedy | June 17, 1976

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.

Silent Movie

87 mins | Comedy | June 17, 1976

Silent Movie
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox, Crossbow Productions
Original title Silent Movie
Directors Mel Brooks
Writers Rudy De Luca, Ron Clark, Mel Brooks, Barry Levinson

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

Yvonne Wilder

as Studio Chief's Secretary

Harry Ritz

as Man in Tailor Shop

Charlie Callas

as Blind Man

Henny Youngman

as Fly-in-Soup Man

Arnold Soboloff

as Acupuncture Man

Patrick Campbell

as Motel Bellhop

Eddie Ryder

as British Officer

Al Hopson

as Executive

Rudy De Luca

as Executive

Barry Levinson

as Executive

Howard Hesseman

as Executive

Lee Delano

as Executive

Jack Riley

as Executive

Inga Neilsen

as Beautiful Blonde #1

Erica Hagen

as Beautiful Blonde #2

Robert Lussier

as Projectionist

Burt Reynolds

as Self

James Caan

as Self

Liza Minnelli

as Self

Anne Bancroft

as Self

Marcel Marceau

as Self

Paul Newman

as Self

Sivi Aberg

as Beautiful Blonde #3 (uncredited)

Jack Berle

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Nick Borgani

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Brian Clark

as Young Man in Nightclub (uncredited)

George DeNormand

as Patient (uncredited)

Erik Estrada

as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)

Dennis Falt

as Premiere Attendee (uncredited)

Dody Goodman

as Tourist Woman (uncredited)

Bob Harks

as Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

George Holmes

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

as Patient (uncredited)

Phil Leeds

as Waiter (uncredited)

Norman Palmer

as Patient (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

as Steam Roller Operator (uncredited)

Candice Rialson

as Girl (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Patient (uncredited)

Arnold Roberts

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Alton Ruff

as Anne Bancroft's Associate (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Bill Scully

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Ray Stewart

as Movie House Manager (uncredited)

Robert Strong

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Jerry Trent

as Dancer (uncredited)

Judith Woodbury

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Gary Wright

as Audience Member (uncredited)

John Zimeas

as Waiter (uncredited)