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The World's Greatest Lover

Year:

1978

Duration:

USA:89 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

Gene Wilder

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1978-02-13

Filming Locations: California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Elya Baskin

Ric Drasin

Gene Wilder

Rudy Hickman

Carol Kane

Annie Hickman

Dom DeLuise

Adolph Zitz

Fritz Feld

Tomaso Abalone

Mark Silberman

Cousin Buddy

Robert Ball

Bald Man (as Robert E. Ball)

Randolph Dobbs

Yes Man #1

Sandy Rovetta

Woman Dancer

Hannah Dean

Maid

Rita Conde

Whore #1

Lupe Ontiveros

Whore #2

Teda Bracci

Whore #3

Elaine Everett

Whore #4

Gustaf Unger

Producer

Harry Gold

Freddie the Runner

Poncie Ponce

Pineapple

Frank O'Brien

Yes Man #4

Mews Small

Slave Girl #2 (as Marya Small)

Harriet Gibson

Pastry Customer

Richard A. Roth

Chico (as Richard Roth)

Norbert Schiller

Captain

Peter Elbling

Robert Drake

Freddie Roberto

Priest

Charles Knapp

Bakery Foreman

George Memmoli

Truck Driver

Pat Ast

Bakery / Wardrobe Lady

Tracey Cohn

Little Girl on Train

John Ponyman

Singer with Megaphone

Patrick Regan

Assistant Director

Skip E. Lowe

First Wardrobe Man

Nora Boland

Woman

David Levy

Elevator Operator

Bunny Summers

Mother on Train

Carson King

Guard at Rainbow Studio

Pavla Ustinov

Leading Lady

Alvin Hammer

Second Wardrobe Man

Vincent Edward Vaccaro

Legionnaire

Zooey Hall

Gary, Finalist #1 (as David Z. Hall)

Susanna Van Haaren

Greta Ga-Ga

Lydia Goya

Singer in Jail

Speedy Zapata

Mexican Sidekick

Gino Gottarelli

Make-up Man

Al Wyatt Sr.

Arab Wrangler

Kay Dingle

Young Woman on Train

Nick Dimitri

Boyfriend on Train

Carol Arthur

Woman in Record Store

Candice Azzara

Anne Calassandro (as Candy Azzara)

Carl Ballantine

Uncle Harry

Stanley Brock

Yes Man #2

Warren Burton

Ludwig

Matt Collins

Rudolph Valentino

Lou Cutell

Mr. Kipper

Danny DeVito

Assistant Director

Richard Dimitri

Tony Lassiter

Josip Elic

Headwaiter

Melissa Fellen

Cousin Corrine

Ricky Fellen

Cousin Max

James Gleason

Room Clerk

Ronny Graham

Director Dorsey

James Hong

Yes Man #3

Michael Huddleston

Barber

David Huddleston

Bakery Owner

Richard Karron

Bodyguard

Michael McManus

Yes Man #5 (as Mike McManus)

Art Mendelli

Jailor

Sidney Miller

Man at the Table

Jorge Moreno

Mexican Gangster

Jack Riley

Projectionist

Billy Sands

Guard

Rolfe Sedan

Conductor

Florence Sundstrom

Aunt Tillie

Sal Viscuso

Assistant Director

Arthur M. Braham

Jail Guard (uncredited)

Debra De Liso

Dancer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

A number of the cast and crew had worked on the comedies of Mel Brooks. These included Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Carol Arthur, Jack Riley, Fritz Feld, Frank Baur, William Tuttle and John Morris.

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Though Gene Wilder's character real name is Rudy Hickman who parades as Rudy Valentino, the character is billed as only Rudy Valentino in the closing credits with no mention of Rudy Hickman.

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Carol Kane was made up to resemble silent film star Zasu Pitts. Kane also appeared in another movie about the silent era released in the same 1977 year. That movie was Ken Russell's Valentino (1977). Both films featured Rudolph Valentino in their stories.

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Goofs

This film is supposed to take place in the 1920s silent movie era, yet the movie extras riding in the bus to their location sing-along to "Shuffle Off to Buffalo", a Harry Warren-Al Dubin song written for the 1933 sound film "42nd Street."

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The "audition" record that Rudy listens to is obviously an LP running at 33 1/3 rpm. LPs would not be invented until the late 1940s.

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Interior of tour bus has sky lights that don't appear in exterior shots of vehicle.

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Quotes

Adolph Zitz: Gentlemen, I am not a child and I do not wish to be treated as one. Is that understood?

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Annie Hickman: Rudy, you do stick out your tongue when you get nervous, or sometimes you get laryngitis just for a second. But it won't last. These are just little nervous habits because you're so high-strung. They mean nothing. Even the third thing.

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Uncle Harry: I thought you were the hotel manager.

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