A masterpiece - Mel Brooks's first film is a tour de force

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2002)

This may have been Mel Brooks's first film as writer & director, but it remains one of (second only to Blazing Saddles?) his greats. Zero Mostel is wonderful as the scheming Broadway producer who dupes his book-keeper (Gene Wilder) into helping in a scam to produce a Broadway flop..the opening credits are simply divine.