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.

• DirectorMel Brooks
• Release17 June 1976
• GenreComedy
• Duration1h 27m
• Budget$4,400,000
• Revenue$36,145,695
• Rate
  

  6.5
  298 reviews
• Productions

  Crossbow Productions, 20th Century Fox