The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest. Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson.
Framing story
Fred Savage as The Grandson
Betsy Brantley as The Mother
Peter Falk as Grandpa/The Narrator
Main story
Cary Elwes as Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts/The Man in Black
Robin Wright as Buttercup/The Princess Bride
Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck
Christopher Guest as Count Tyrone Rugen
Willoughby Gray as The King
Wallace Shawn as Vizzini
Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya
André the Giant as Fezzik
Mel Smith as The Albino
Margery Mason as The Ancient Booer
Malcolm Storry as Yellin
Billy Crystal as Miracle Max
Carol Kane as Valerie, Max's wife
Peter Cook as The Impressive Clergyman