"Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist."
Tim Robbins
as Ed Walters
Meg Ryan
as Catherine Boyd
Walter Matthau
as Albert Einstein
Lou Jacobi
as Kurt Gödel
Gene Saks
as Boris Podolsky
Joseph Maher
as Nathan Liebknecht
Stephen Fry
as James Moreland
Tony Shalhoub
as Bob Rosetti
Frank Whaley
as Frank
Charles Durning
as Louis Bamberger
Keene Curtis
as Eisenhower
Alice Playten
as Gretchen
Danny Zorn
as Dennis
Helen Hanft
as Rose
Roger Berlind
as Duncan
Arthur Berwick
as Academic
Timothy Jerome
John McDonough
Lewis J. Stadlen
as Moderator
Jeff Brooks
as Reporter
Rex Robbins
as Suit
Richard Woods
Daniel von Bargen
as Secret Service Agent
Jack Koenig
as First Reporter
Sol Frieder
as Professor Loewenstein
Michelle Naimo Bird
as Nurse
Theodore Conant
as Dinner Guest
Scotty Bloch
Chet Carlin
Alice Drummond
Leo Leyden
Le Clanché du Rand
Brook Berlind
Greg Germann
as Bill Riley (uncredited)
Fred Schepisi
Director
Andy Breckman
Screenplay
Michael J. Leeson
Carol Baum
Producer
Sandy Gallin
Executive Producer
Scott Rudin
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Jill Bilcock
Editor
Jennifer Lamb
Stunts
G.A. Aguilar
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Blaise Corrigan