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The One and Only
Directed by
Carl Reiner
PG
1978
1h 37m
Comedy
,
Romance
5.8
55%
57%
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Henry Winkler portrays an outrageously self-confident but out-of-work actor, a young man who dreams of stardom and leaves college to pursue fame and fortune.
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Cast of The One and Only
Henry Winkler
Andy Schmidt
Kim Darby
Mary Crawford
Gene Saks
Sidney Seltzer
William Daniels
Mr. Crawford
Harold Gould
Hector Moses
Polly Holliday
Mrs. Crawford
Hervé Villechaize
Milton Miller
Bill Baldwin
Announcer in Des Moines
Anthony Battaglia
Little Andy
Ed Begley Jr.
Arnold - The King
Peter Brocco
Autograph Hound
Brandon Cruz
Sherman
Lucy Lee Flippin
Agatha Franklen
Charles Frank
Paul Harris
Salvador Guerrero III
Indian Joe
H.B. Haggerty
Captain Nemo
Dennis James
Self
Jean Le Bouvier
Wrestling Fanatic
Ralph Manza
Bellman
Ken Olfson
Mr. Arnold
Jack Scalici
Waiter
Will Seltzer
Eddie
Amzie Strickland
House Mother
Mary Woronov
Arlene
Gene LeBell
Reigning World Wrestling Champion (uncredited)
Roddy Piper
Leatherneck Joe Brady (uncredited)
Carl Reiner
Theater Director (uncredited)
The One and Only Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's a pleasant movie, it has some genuinely funny moments it owes a lot to Kim Darby's innate charm, and it proves that a little Henry Winkler can go a long way.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
"The One and Only" is really two stories at odds with each other.
San Francisco Examiner
Stanley Eichelbaum
[A] silly, old-fashioned comedy directed with canny relish by Carl Reiner.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
An attempt to make a heart-warming comedy about a fellow who, in the film's own terms, is an arrogant boob.
Detroit Free Press
Susan Stark
Clearly this is silly stuff, but Reiner's brand of silliness has a freshness and audacity that make it relatively simple to overlook the occasional lapses into potty humor and other forms of juvenile comedy...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
"The One and Only" is a sparkling, irreverent, delightful comedy, filled with flashy repartee, brilliant put-downs and some consummate silliness. At the same time, it is a pleasing little love story that is sentimental without being treacly.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Elston Brooks
One of the year's slickest and brightest comedies.
Gannett News Service
Bernard Drew
Winkler is excellent In the lead, Darby properly subdued and adoring as the wife, William Daniels and Polly Holiday exactly right as the Ohio parents, and Villechaize, Harold Gould and Charles Frank good in lesser roles.
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
Rene Jordan
As a vehicle for Winkler, The One and Only doesn't grant large opportunities to the rest of the cast. The direction by Carl Reiner is nothing more than a collection of sketches, almost TV like. [Full review in Spanish]
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