Release, runtime and language

1967 · 112 mins · English

Directed by

Carl Reiner

Starring

Don Rickles, Jack Gilford, Rob Reiner, David Opatoshu, Shelley Winters, Janet Margolin

Set in Depression‑era New York, the film follows David, a machinist’s apprentice who idolizes Ronald Colman and longs to escape his modest life. Ignoring his parents’ wishes, he takes an unpaid role in a rundown stage production run by the washed‑up ham Marlowe, sparking a comic exploration of why young men abandon home.