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Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Fritz Feld, Carl Ballantine ... see more see more... , Michael Huddleston , Carol Arthur , Pat Ast , Candice Azzara , Elya Baskin , Nora Boland , Teda Bracci , Stanley Brock , Cousin Buddy , Warren Burton , Matt Collins , Rita Conde , Lou Cutell , Danny DeVito , Hannah Dean , Nick Dimitri , Richard Dimitri , Josip Elic , Lydia Goya , Zooey Hall , Alvin Hammer , David Huddleston , Charles Knapp , George Memmoli , Jorge Moreno , Frank O'Brien , Lupe Ontiveros , Poncie Ponce , Jack Riley , Billy Sands , Norbert Schiller , Rolfe Sedan , Marya Small , Bunny Summers , Florence Sundstrom , Pavla Ustinov , Sal Viscuso , Speedy Zapata , Robert Ball , James Hong , David Levy , Sidney Miller , Richard Roth , Patrick Regan , Peter Elbing , Frederico Roberto , Harriet Gibson , Gino Gottarelli , Richard Karron , Gustaf Unger , RONNY GRAHAM , Mike McManus , James Gleason

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 ... read more read more...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, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Gene Wilder

Release Date: December 18, 1977

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DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006

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  • ajv2688
    January 5, 2011
    ajv2688
    I loved this movie, It stars two of my favourite actors, and it's also directed by Wilder. The story is hilarious as are the jokes within it. I highly recommend this movie to fans.
  • threefolddado
    July 3, 2008
    threefolddado
    Not Gene Wilder's best.

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Austin Kennedy
May 12, 2012
Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine

In a generation that's filled with cynical, ultra-raunchy, dark comedies, this was refreshing to me. There's a certain innocence in this kind of immature humor that I miss from the movies. Full Review

Chuck O'Leary
November 25, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

A shrill, silly farce that starts out with some funny moments but quickly fizzles and ends up being quite lame.

Mark Bourne
April 9, 2006
Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com

Even those of us with a longtime and well-earned affection for Gene Wilder have to respond to The World's Greatest Lover ... with a dispirited sigh. Full Review

Steve Crum
October 16, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Misfire by Gene Wilder who finds he is not Mel Brooks after all.

Ken Hanke
October 1, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

This really just doesn't work.

Scott Weinberg
June 18, 2003
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

The best moments are certainly worth seeing (particularly if, like me, you simply love to see Gene Wilder work) though the film as a whole is screamingly inconsistent. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
July 24, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
March 27, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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