Early in the 20th century, Frederick Frankenstein is a lecturing physician at an American medical school who actively distances himself from his grandfather Victor Frankenstein, the infamous 展开

• Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, the grandson of Victor Frankenstein
• Peter Boyle as The Monster, a creature made from the corpse of an executed criminal 展开

In a 2010 interview with Los Angeles Times, Mel Brooks discussed how the film came about:
"I was in the middle of shooting the last few weeks of Blazing Saddles somewhere in the Antelope Valley, and Gene Wilder and I were having a cup … 展开

Young Frankenstein was a box office success upon release. The film grossed $86.2 million on a $2.78 million budget.
Young Frankenstein received acclaim from critics and currently holds a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 73 reviews, with an average … 展开

Igor's line "Walk this way" in the film inspired the song of the same name by Aerosmith. According to Gene Wilder, the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by the old "talcum powder" joke. A partially contradictory account appears in eyE … 展开

Young Frankenstein became available on DVD on November 3, 1998. The film was then released on DVD for the second time on September 5, 2006. The film was then released on DVD for the third time on September 9, 2014, as a 40th anniversary edition along with a 展开

Brooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7 to September 1, 2007. The musical opened on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007, and … 展开