The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
- Starring:
- Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gene Wilder
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Comedy
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After writing, directing, and starring in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Gene Wilder added the producer's hat to his three-headed beast in The World's Greatest Lover. Wilder plays Rudy Valentine, a Milwaukee baker who enters a talent search in the Hollywood of the 1920s, initiated by movie studio mogul Zitz (Dom DeLuise), to find a new Rudolph Valentino. He travels to Hollywood with his wife Annie (Carol Kane) in hopes of taking a screen test, but Annie falls in love with the real Valentino. Jealous of the Latin Lover, Rudy disguises himself as a sheik in an attempt to look like Valentino. Rudy then invites Annie to a rendezvous at the studio, where he tries to seduce his own wife. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 89 mins
Complete Cast:
- Gene Wilder - Rudy Valentine
- Dom DeLuise - Zitz
- Carl Ballantine - Uncle Harry
- Carol Arthur - Woman in Record Store
- Candice Azzara - Anne Calassandro
- Nora Boland - Woman
- Stanley Brock - Yes Man #2
- Warren Burton - Drag Queen
- Rita Conde - Whore #1
- Sal Viscuso - Assistant Director
- Florence Sundstrom - Aunt Tillie
- Marya Small - Slave Girl #2
- Norbert Schiller - Captain
- Jack Riley - Projectionist
- James Gleason - Room Clerk
- Ronny Graham - Director
- Richard Karron - Bodyguard
- Harriet Gibson
- Peter Elbing - Robert Drake
- Richard Roth - Chico
- David Levy - Elevator Operator
- Speedy Zapata - Mexican Sidekick
- Lupe Ontiveros - Whore #2
- Jorge Moreno - Mexican Gangster
- Charles Knapp - Bakery Foreman
- Hannah Dean - Maid
- Richard Dimitri - Tony Lassiter
- Lydia Goya - Singer in Jail
- Alvin Hammer - Second Wardrobe Man
- Carol Kane - Annie
- Fritz Feld - Hotel Manager
- Michael Huddleston - Barber
- Pat Ast - Bakery/Wardrobe Lady
- Elya Baskin - Actor with Bad Breath
- Teda Bracci - Whore #3
- Cousin Buddy - Himself
- Matt Collins - Rudolph Valentino
- Lou Cutell - Mr. Kipper
- Pavla Ustinov - Leading Lady
- Bunny Summers - Mother on Train
- Rolfe Sedan - Conductor
- Billy Sands - Guard
- Robert Ball
- Mike McManus - Yes Man #5
- Gustaf Unger
- Gino Gottarelli - Make-up Man
- Frederico Roberto
- Patrick Regan - Assistant Director
- Sidney Miller - Man at the Table
- James Hong - Yes Man #3
- Poncie Ponce - Pineapple
- Frank O'Brien - Yes Man #4
- George Memmoli - Truck Driver
- Danny DeVito - Assistant Director
- Nick Dimitri - Boyfriend on Train
- Josip Elic - Headwaiter
- Zooey Hall - Finalist #1
- David Huddleston
- Director(s):
- Gene Wilder
- Writer(s):
- Gene Wilder
- Producer(s):
- Gene Wilder
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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