The Producers (1967 film) replied that Wilder was "a natural comic, you look like Harpo Marx," and said he would cast him as Leo Bloom once he finished the then-titled "Springtime for Hitler." When production arrived, Peter Sellers accepted an invitation to play Leo Bloom, but he never contacted again, so Brooks remembered Wilder, who was about to make his film debut in "Bonnie and Clyde." Wilder received the script to "The Producers" as Brooks visited him backstage during a performance of "Luv," and his co-star Renée Taylor was brought for a brief appearance as Eva Braun. Dustin Hoffman was originally cast as Liebkind.
In the Name of the Law (1922 film) mutually self-serving. We had a low budget house hawking a low budget film to police departments starving for respectability. The police hoped the film would increase their image from bad-tempered dour automatons to family guys, just like you and I, but committed to maintaining the law. This movie also gave police a well-deserved chance to show off what they did and the services they provided. Often times, these police demonstrations were filmed and shown as a prologue to the movie. Another piece of the exploitation pie, as demonstrated in New York, included donating a percentage of the movie proceeds to