List of the best Zero Mostel movies: The Producers(1968), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966), Rhinoceros(1974), The Angel Levine(1970), The Great Bank Robbery(1969), Once Upon a Scoundrel(1973), The Enforcer(1951), The Front(1976), Journey Into Fear(1975), Marco(1973), Panic in the Streets(1950), The Hot Rock(1972) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1968
88 Minutes
Max Bialystock
Zero Mostel Gene Wilder Dick Shawn Kenneth Mars Estelle Winwood Christopher Hewett Andreas Voutsinas Lee Meredith Renee Taylor Frank Campanella
producer accountant playwright actor director hippie hilarious cheeky charming office theater courtroom prison broadway theater theater production nazism scams shady dealings quest fall
A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Musical, Comedy
USA|UK
1966
99 Minutes
Zero Mostel Phil Silvers Jack Gilford Buster Keaton Michael Crawford Annette Andre Michael Hordern Leon Greene
slave son elderly person soldier amusing cheeky playful family home rome colosseum slavery new love wager love quest pursuit ancient rome
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Comedy
UK|Canada|USA
1974
101 Minutes
John
A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.
Fantasy
USA
1970
105 Minutes
Morris Mishkin
Zero Mostel Harry Belafonte Ida Kaminska Milo O'Shea Gloria Foster Barbara Ann Teer Eli Wallach Anne Jackson
angel jew sick wife sad profound amusing new york city harlem, n.y. apartment street meaning of life poverty illness faith doubt miracles transformation love 1970s
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
97 Minutes
Zero Mostel Kim Novak Clint Walker Claude Akins Akim Tamiroff Larry Storch John Anderson Sam Jaffe Mako Elisha Cook Jr. Ruth Warrick
Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.
Comedy
Mexico|USA
1973
90 Minutes
Carlos del Refugio
Zero Mostel Katy Jurado A Martinez Titos Vandis Priscilla Garcia
Comic genius shines through in Zero Mostel's brilliant and hilarious portrayal of Senor Carlos de Refugio, a wealthy landowner known for his roguish and selfish acts. Refugio's desire for ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Ted de Corsia Everett Sloane Roy Roberts Michael Tolan King Donovan Bob Steele Adelaide Klein Don Beddoe Tito Vuolo
district attorney crime boss henchman witness detective hit man brooding gritty dark gripping hotel prison insane asylum church apartment building city hired killers investigation murder case organized crime
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1975
97 Minutes
Sam Waterston Zero Mostel Yvette Mimieux Scott Marlowe Ian McShane Joseph Wiseman Shelley Winters Stanley Holloway Donald Pleasence Vincent Price
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkish mountains. An assassin is sent by someone to eliminate him because of that. He boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is the assassin.
Musical
1973
109 Minutes
Desi Arnaz Jr. Zero Mostel Jack Weston Cie Cie Win Aimee Eccles Fred Sadoff Mafumi Sakamoto Tetsu Nakamura Van Christie Osamu Ohkawa Masumi Okada
The Venetian traveler (Desi Arnaz Jr.), his father and uncle (Jack Weston) meet Kublai Khan (Zero Mostel) in medieval China.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Raymond Fitch
Richard Widmark Paul Douglas Barbara Bel Geddes Jack Palance Zero Mostel Dan Riss Tommy Cook Edward Kennedy
dockworker doctor criminal police officer wife mayor brooding frenetic suspenseful melodramatic new orleans louisiana crime plagues media health mystery transformation pursuit quest
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
Comedy
USA
1972
105 Minutes
Abe Greenberg
Robert Redford George Segal Ron Leibman Paul Sand Zero Mostel Moses Gunn William Redfield Charlotte Rae Topo Swope
thief in-law diplomat ex-convict lawyer doctor amusing playful thrilling new york city museum bank jail police station heist diamond family daunting task quest 1970s
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Adventure
USA
1951
98 Minutes
Balukjiaan
Humphrey Bogart Märta Torén Lee J. Cobb Everett Sloane Gerald Mohr Zero Mostel Nick Dennis Onslow Stevens Ludwig Donath David Bond Vincent Renno
military officer intelligence officer revolutionary girlfriend gunrunner frenchman gripping intense damascus restaurant hotel syria gun running rebellion espionage political intrigue love triangle quest rivalry love
A cynical American expatriate gets involved in smuggling and gun-running for the rebels during the 1925 Syrian insurgency against French occupation.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Rami the Swami, Taliostra
Red Skelton Lucille Ball Gene Kelly Douglas Dumbrille Rags Ragland Donald Meek George Givot Zero Mostel Tommy Dorsey Virginia O'Brien Louise Beavers
singer dancer nightclub employee louis xv madame du barry charming new york city nightclub french royal court love triangle unrequited love marrying for money performance sacrifice temptation rivalry french revolution
A night club's coatroom attendant who's in-love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.