Young Frankenstein (1974)

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The scariest comedy of all time!

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.

• Released: 1974-12-15
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 46m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.9/10 from 3,485 votes

Directed by Mel Brooks.

Top cast

• Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein
• Peter Boyle as Monster
• Marty Feldman as Igor
• Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth
• Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher
• Teri Garr as Inga
• Kenneth Mars as Inspector Kemp
• Richard Haydn as Herr Falkstein
• Liam Dunn as Mr. Hilltop
• Danny Goldman as Medical Student

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