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The One and Only

Year:
Duration:
97 min
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
IMDB rate:
5.8
Director:
Carl Reiner
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1978-02-03
Earnings
Gross: $16,928,137 (USA) Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Lucy Lee Flippin
Lucy Lee Flippin
The One and Only
Henry Winkler
Andy Schmidt
Kim Darby
Mary Crawford
Gene Saks
Sidney Seltzer
William Daniels
Mr. Crawford
Harold Gould
Hector Moses
Polly Holliday
Mrs. Crawford
Hervé Villechaize
Milton Miller
Bill Baldwin
Announcer in Des Moines
Anthony Battaglia
Little Andy
Ed Begley Jr.
Arnold - The King
Peter Brocco
Autograph Hound
Brandon Cruz
Sherman
Charles Frank
Paul Harris
Chavo Guerrero Sr.
Indian Joe (as Chavo Guerrero)
H.B. Haggerty
Captain Nemo
Dennis James
Himself
Jean Le Bouvier
Wrestling Fanatic
Ralph Manza
Bellman
Ken Olfson
Mr. Arnold
Jack Scalici
Waiter
Will Seltzer
Eddie
Amzie Strickland
House Mother
Mary Woronov
Arlene
Richard Karron
The Elephant
Audrey Campbell
Woman (uncredited)
Larry Gilman
Man in library (uncredited)
Richard Lane
(uncredited)
Gene LeBell
Reigning World Wrestling Champion (uncredited)
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Ring Announcer in New York (uncredited)
Roddy Piper
Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
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Trivia
Final cinema movie until Night Shift (1982) for actor Henry Winkler, a gap of four years. When this picture was made and released, lead actor Henry Winkler was still being seen on television as Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli in Happy Days (1974).
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Actor Henry Winkler is seen sporting peroxided blonde hair in this movie. The name of the blonde-haired ballet-costume wearing wrestling character with a harem of girls that Andy Schmidt (Henry Winkler) creates was called "The Lover" or "The Great Lover', and he is 'The One And Only' of the film's title. The character and film's story was based on glamor wrestler Gorgeous George (real name George Raymond Wagner) and his career. This picture was made and released about fifteen years after Gorgeous George had passed away. Winkler once commented that George had blond curls and sprayed himself in the ring with perfume, "If that doesn't shatter my Fonz image, nothing will!".
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Part of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning boxing movie Rocky (1976). The films include Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Tough Enough (1983), Title Shot (1979), _Raging Bull_, The Champ (1979), Matilda (1978), The Main Event (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), The Greatest (1977), Body and Soul (1981), Paradise Alley (1978), ...All the Marbles (1981) (aka "The California Dolls"), The One and Only (1978), Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980).
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Quotes
Sidney Seltzer: If his legs were as big as his schlong, he'd be playing basketball.
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Andy Schmidt: I'm onto some very big things. Josh Logan called me up. Kazan likes me very much. It's all doing to happen in a matter of days.
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Photos from cast
Lucy Lee Flippin
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