Here's a Gene Wilder Movie You May Not Have Seen

[MineralMan]

If you haven't, try to find it. It's from 1970 and was, in my opinion, a breakout performance for the comic actor. A very young Margot Kidder is also pretty great in it.

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066266/

[mucifer]

1. "The Frisco Kid" was another great one

Harrison Ford was in that one, too. (Harrison Ford had a Jewish grandparent so that was probably fun for him, too).

Very cute little Jewish western comedy.

[MineralMan]

2. I'll check it out. Thanks!

[leftynyc]

3. I was just about to post that

Terrific movie with a very young Wilder and a very young Harrison Ford. When he wouldn't ride his horse until Sabbath ended was an incredibly funny scene.

[MotorCityMan]

7. "The Frisco Kid" was a good one

Saw that in the theater with my family, it was a crowd pleaser. The movie I was thinking of yesterday upon hearing of his death was "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...". Early Woody Allen movie. Gene does a skit where he falls in love with a sheep, and it is one of the funniest things I have every seen. I think he's underrated as an actor, and he is amazing in this one. The look on his face as he is falling for the sheep is priceless.

[krawhitham]

8. +1

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I was thinking about that movie yesterday.

Margot Kidder also cast.

Understated and solid performance.

[MineralMan]

5. Sort of an odd little movie, but it appealed to me at the time.

Early 70s movies can be a little odd-seeming to people who didn't grow up in that era. We ignore most of them now, but there were some awesome releases in the late 60s and early 70s. Most are hard to find today on DVD or streaming, though.

[LongtimeAZDem]

6. "Start the Revolution Without Me" is one of my all-time favorites (nt)

[Tom Kitten]

9. Rhinoceros

An obscure 1974 movie version of the Ionesco play I remember seeing once on PBS in the 80s. With Zero Mostel, Wilder, and Karen Black, I remember it being a rather stagey film, not an entirely successful translation to film, but I was a lot younger and maybe not so patient then. Found the trailer, the performances look great (with Mostel & Wilder together again, how could they not?), I'd be interested in rewatching it, if I could find it!

(on edit) I'd like to see Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx and The Frisco Kid, two more films I now nothing about.

I also remember Gene had a small role in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, been so long since I've seen that classic, now I'll have that one on my list too!