Movies by Zero Mostel
As part of the cast:
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The Great Bank Hoax / The Great Bank Robbery (2009)
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Kim Novak, Ned Beatty …
Directed by: Joseph Jacoby, Hy Averback
A banking clerk works his connections from the inside and ends up with more corruption than he bargained for in The Great Bank Hoax (1978), while three different plans to rob the same Texas…
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of the Tony Awards (2005)
Cast: Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, Harvey Fierstein …
Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, Harvey Fierstein and Tommy Tune host this treasury of 23 Tony Award-nominated song-and-dance numbers by Broadway's brightest stars. Spanning the years…
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Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury …
Several of history's most adored Broadway musicals are showcased in this one-of-a-kind compilation filled with 17 original cast performances, introduced by stars such as Angela Lansbury,…
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Best Boy (1979)
Cast: Philip Wohl, Ira Wohl, Pearl Wohl …
Directed by: Ira Wohl
Documentarian Ira Wohl hit gold (literally, having reaped a 1980 Oscar win for Best Documentary Feature) with this beloved film about Wohl's mentally retarded cousin, "Philly,"…
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Watership Down (1978)
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson …
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Despite being animated, John Rosen's adaptation of Richard Adams's best-selling novel is a serious, disturbing and often violent tale about a society of rabbits that flees its…
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The Front (1976)
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Alfred Miller (Michael Murphy) is a successful television writer whose political views have left him blacklisted from every major network in the McCarthy-era 1950s. Desperate to keep…
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Foreplay (1975)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Estelle Parsons, Pat Paulsen …
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Few subjects are taboo in this titillating collection of movies about sex. Explore the unusual relationship a lonesome man builds not with a flesh-and-blood woman but a blow-up doll. Meet a…
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Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Katy Jurado, A Martinez …
Directed by: George Schaefer
After falling for Alicia (Priscilla Garcia), greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos (Zero Mostel) has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing…
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Rhinoceros (1973)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel, Karen Black …
Directed by: Tom O'Horgan
Part of the American Film Theatre series, Rhinoceros showcases the legendary comedic talents of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as they transform Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play into screen…
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The Hot Rock (1972)
Cast: Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman …
Directed by: Peter Yates
Robert Redford stars as jewel thief and ex-con John Dortmunder, who's hired to pinch a priceless African sparkler from a New York City museum in this Oscar-nominated caper comedy. To…
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Best of The Best of the Electric Company (1971)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno …
Directed by: Bob Schwarz, Henry Behar
This compilation video gathers not just the best moments, but the best of the best moments from the long-running children's educational show "The Electric Company," with selections that…
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The Angel Levine (1970)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska …
Directed by: Ján Kadár
Harry Belafonte stars as the Angel Levine, a black Jewish angel sent to help a down-and-out Jewish tailor named Morris (Zero Mostel). It's Belafonte's job to help Morris value life…
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The Producers (1968)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn …
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Rapacious but lovable producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) hasn't had a hit in years when, quite by accident, he and his meek, neurotic accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), come up with…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Indolent Roman slave Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) has one wish: to purchase his freedom. With his master and mistress away for the day, Pseudolus learns that the master's son, Hero (Michael…
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Sirocco (1951)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
This classic 1950s thriller tells the story of Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart), a fearless gunrunner who trades weapons under Emir Hassan (Onslow Stevens) in Damascus while the French and…
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The Enforcer (1951)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh, Bretaigne Windust
A crusading district attorney (Humphrey Bogart) tries to crack a ring of organized killers, but just when victory is imminent -- after four arduous years -- a key witness is murdered, and…
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Panic in the Streets (1950)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
A medical official races against time to stop a deadly epidemic from spreading across the United States in this taut drama. Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Clinton Reed (Richard Widmark) frantically scours New…
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Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Cast: Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Zero Mostel …
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Hapless hatcheck clerk Louis Blore (Red Skelton) downs a spiked cocktail and awakens in 17th-century France as King Louis XV. There, he woos the charming Madame Du Barry (Lucille Ball), who…