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Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor and comedian. Known primarily for comedy roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act w... more

Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor and comedian. Known primarily for comedy roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety shows. He is widely recognized for his performances in the films of Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, as well as a series of collaborations and a double act with Burt Reynolds. Beginning in the 1980s, his popularity expanded to younger audiences from voicing characters in several major animated productions, particularly those of Don Bluth.

DeLuise was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian American parents. He attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and later studied biology at Tufts University. After graduating from college, he began his career as a stand-up comedian. He made his television debut in 1964 on the variety show The Dean Martin Show.

In 1970, DeLuise made his film debut in the Mel Brooks comedy The Twelve Chairs. He went on to appear in several other Brooks films, including Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and History of the World, Part I. He also starred in a number of films with Gene Wilder, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The World's Greatest Lover, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil.

DeLuise was a frequent collaborator with Burt Reynolds, and the two starred in a number of films together, including The End, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Cannonball Run II. He also had a recurring role on the television series Evening Shade.

In addition to his film and television work, DeLuise was also a successful voice actor. He voiced characters in a number of animated films, including All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Secret of NIMH, and An American Tail. He also hosted the children's cooking show Cooking with Dom DeLuise.

DeLuise was a popular and beloved figure in Hollywood. He was known for his infectious laugh and his larger-than-life personality. He was also a talented actor and comedian, and he enjoyed a long and successful career.

Dom DeLuise died on May 4, 2009, at the age of 75. He had been battling pancreatic cancer for several months. He died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

DeLuise's family released a statement saying that he had died "peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer." They said that he was "surrounded by his loving family and friends."

DeLuise's death was met with sadness and tributes from fans and colleagues alike. Mel Brooks, who directed DeLuise in several films, said that he was "a great talent and a great friend." Gene Wilder said that DeLuise was "one of the funniest people I've ever known."

DeLuise's funeral was held on May 8, 2009, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. He was buried at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Blazing Saddles
(1974)
Comedy, Western
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder
7.7
88%
73
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Spaceballs
(1987)
Comedy, Science Fiction
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga
7.1
56%
46
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The Secret of NIMH
(1982)
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Don Bluth
Cast:
Derek Jacobi, Elizabeth Hartman, Arthur Malet, Dom DeLuise, Hermione Baddeley
7.6
93%
76
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
(1993)
Comedy
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Cary Elwes, Dom DeLuise, Roger Rees, Dave Chappelle, Eric Allan Kramer
6.7
41%
44
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The Muppet Movie
(1979)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
James Frawley
Cast:
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jerry Nelson
7.6
88%
74
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An American Tail
(1986)
Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Music
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Don Bluth
Cast:
Phillip Glasser, Phillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff
6.9
72%
38
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History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Comedy
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman
6.9
61%
47
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Fail Safe
(1964)
Drama, Thriller, War
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Cast:
Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Larry Hagman, Frank Overton
8.0
93%
75
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Oliver & Company
(1988)
Animation, Comedy, Family
This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving mission...
Runtime:
77 min
Director:
George Scribner
Cast:
Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee Browne
6.7
50%
58
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
(1989)
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy t...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Gary Goldman, Don Bluth, Dan Kuenster
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi
6.8
44%
50
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The Cannonball Run
(1981)
Action, Comedy
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the ...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Hal Needham
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise
6.3
30%
28
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
(1991)
Adventure, Animation, Family, Western
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is in...
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
Simon Wells, Phil Nibbelink
Cast:
Phillip Glasser, Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, James Stewart, Erica Yohn
6.5
57%
N/A
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Silent Movie
(1976)
Comedy
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Harold Gould
6.7
80%
75
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Johnny Dangerously
(1984)
Comedy, Crime
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Amy Heckerling
Cast:
Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Marilu Henner
6.5
44%
54
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1982)
Comedy
The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Colin Higgins
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Dom DeLuise
6.0
42%
40
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The Twelve Chairs
(1970)
Comedy
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately to Moscow to find the hidden fortune.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Mel Brooks
Cast:
Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Andréas Voutsinas, Diana Coupland
6.5
93%
N/A
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Smokey and the Bandit II
(1980)
Action, Comedy
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Hal Needham
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed
5.3
14%
41
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The Cheap Detective
(1978)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Robert Moore
Cast:
Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing
6.5
50%
N/A
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Cannonball Run II
(1984)
Action, Comedy
The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Hal Needham
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley MacLaine
5.1
13%
13
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Haunted Honeymoon
(1986)
Comedy, Drama, Horror, Music, Mystery
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a neurotic speech defect and exaggerated bursts of fear: he gives him a shock therapy with ...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Gene Wilder
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Dom DeLuise, Gilda Radner, Jonathan Pryce
5.7
18%
N/A
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
(1975)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Gene Wilder
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise
6.1
N/A
N/A
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The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Comedy, Romance
Bruce (Rod Taylor), the owner of a aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer (Doris Day) and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affections. Is she actually a Russian spy trying to obtain aerospace secrets?
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Frank Tashlin
Cast:
Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Paul Lynde
6.5
50%
N/A
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
(1996)
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Paul Sabella, Larry Leker
Cast:
Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth, Charlie Sheen, Hamilton Camp, Steve Mackall
5.6
20%
N/A
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Don't Drink the Water
(1994)
Comedy, TV Movie
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American Embassy, which is temporarily being run by the absent Ambassador's diplomatically incompeten...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Josef Sommer, Michael J. Fox, Woody Allen, Julie Kavner, Austin Pendleton
6.2
44%
N/A
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The End
(1978)
Comedy
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Burt Reynolds
Cast:
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg
6.2
62%
N/A
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A Troll in Central Park
(1994)
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of proper trolldom: Manhattan.
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast:
Dom DeLuise, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Cloris Leachman, Hayley Mills
5.4
17%
N/A
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Evil Roy Slade
(1972)
Comedy, TV Movie, Western
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Roone...
Runtime:
97 min
Cast:
Milton Berle, John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Pamela Austin, Henry Gibson
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Fatso
(1980)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dominick has always been a big kid who loved eating. It was his favourite thing. Then his cousin dies from health complications due to an improper diet and his sister makes him promise to lose some weight. This is very hard for him, but he finds motivation when he falls in love with Lydia. He spends so much time kissing and walking aro...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Anne Bancroft
Cast:
Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Loose Cannons
(1990)
Comedy, Crime
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television s...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Bob Clark
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis
4.9
N/A
N/A
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The World's Greatest Lover
(1977)
Comedy
When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to o...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Gene Wilder
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Fritz Feld, Mark Silberman
5.9
20%
N/A
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The Silence of the Hams
(1994)
Comedy, Thriller
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Ezio Greggio
Cast:
Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton
4.7
N/A
N/A
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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
(1998)
Adventure, Animation, Family
Fievel and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants.
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Larry Latham
Cast:
Thomas Dekker, Dom DeLuise, Pat Musick, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Hot Stuff
(1979)
Comedy
When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. They record them as they bring stuff in and get them to tell them where th...
Runtime:
91 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Happily Ever After
(1989)
Animation, Family
The Wicked Queen is dead but her brother, Lord Maliss, seeks for revenge. Using the Magic Mirror to locate Snow White and the Prince, he transforms into a dragon and attacks. Maliss takes the Prince to the Realm of Doom. Snow White, with the aid of the Seven Dwarfesses, cousins of the Sevens Dwarves, must embark on a quest to save her ...
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
John Howley
Cast:
Irene Cara, Malcolm McDowell, Dom DeLuise
5.1
N/A
N/A
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An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
(1999)
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Follow the clues to fun and excitement as the beloved little mouse takes on a big monster in this charming, full-length adventure. When a ferocious, mouse-nabbing creature puts fear into the hearts of New York City's rodents, Fievel and his friends team up with a reporter to chase after the scoop of the century and -- just maybe -- get...
Runtime:
78 min
Director:
Larry Latham
Cast:
Thomas Dekker, Lacey Chabert, Jane Singer, Nehemiah Persoff, Susan Boyd
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Georgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.
Runtime:
108 min
5.6
N/A
N/A
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
(1968)
Comedy
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
George Seaton
Cast:
George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Don Stroud, Susan Saint James, Dom DeLuise
6.7
N/A
N/A
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The Last Married Couple in America
(1980)
Comedy
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Gilbert Cates
Cast:
George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin, Valerie Harper, Bob Dishy
5.3
N/A
N/A
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The Brainiacs.com
(2000)
Comedy, Family
When a boy decides his father is spending too much time at work, he starts his own company and ends up buying a controlling interest in his father's company.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Blair Treu
Cast:
Michael Angarano, Kevin Kilner, Kevin Jamal Woods, Vanessa Zima, Florence Stanley
5.5
N/A
N/A
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The Busy Body
(1967)
Comedy
Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
William Castle
Cast:
Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Kay Medford, Walt Davis, Anne Baxter
5.7
N/A
N/A