1951: Andy Schmidt is in his last year of college. Taking life easy and always a saucy joke on his lips, he manages to win fellow student Mary's heart, although she's already otherwise ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed 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 | |
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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 | |
| Chavo Guerrero Sr. | ... | Indian Joe (as Chavo Guerrero) | |
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1951: Andy Schmidt is in his last year of college. Taking life easy and always a saucy joke on his lips, he manages to win fellow student Mary's heart, although she's already otherwise engaged. But getting a job after college turns out much harder than he expected. Most directors take offense at his free interpretation of his roles. Desperate, he tries in wrestling. To avoid getting beaten up he stages the fights - and incidentally invents show-wrestling. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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She had to marry him. She was too embarrassed to have him as a date.Parents Guide:
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3 February 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$16,928,137Company Credits
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Milton Miller: My career is in the shithouse, too.
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Part of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning boxing movie Rocky (1976). The films include Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Tough Enough (1983), Title Shot (1979), _Raging Bull_, The Champ (1979), Matilda (1978), The Main Event (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), The Greatest (1977), Body and Soul (1981), Paradise Alley (1978), ...All the Marbles (1981) (aka "The California Dolls"), The One and Only (1978), Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980). See more »Goofs
As Andy travels between matches by train, we often see Amtrak equipment. The movie is set in 1951- Amtrak wasn't established until 20 years later- in 1971. See more »Quotes
Andy Schmidt: I'm onto some very big things. Josh Logan called me up. Kazan likes me very much. It's all doing to happen in a matter of days.Milton Miller: My career is in the shithouse, too.
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Caught this on the french cable a few weeks ago and instantly felt "at home" with this films' characters and story. As I gradually found out, there's a reason for this : The One and Only is a straight retake of Fred Coe's A Thousand Clowns (1964), one of my favorite films ! Two of the original actors were even imported : Gene Saks and William Daniels, the latter having been in the original cast of the Herb Gardner play (if I remember correctly).
The global plot and situations are altered but the result is the same : how to (try to) keep youth spirit in a grim and conventional world... and make it alive ! Not as memorable as the original film (or the play) but just as lovely.