Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.

Cast

Gene Wilder

as Self

Michael Gruskoff

as Self

Stanford C. Allen

as Self

Gerald Hirschfeld

as Self

William D. Gordean

as Self

Marty Feldman

as Igor (archive footage)

Peter Boyle

as Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)

Teri Garr

as Inga (archive footage)

Madeline Kahn

as Elizabeth (archive footage)

Kenneth Mars

as Inspector Kemp (archive footage)

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