- HD 1080
- Runtime: 97m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Carl Reiner
- Stars: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Harold Gould
- keywords: sports, show business, dysfunctional marriage, pro wrestling, 1950s
- Production_studio: First Artists, Balmoral Associates
- Slogan: She had to marry him. She was too embarrassed to have him as a date.
- The The One and Only is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #63 in Top Comedy Movies of 1978
- #28 in Top Romance Movies of 1978
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 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.