Movie
The Producers
Overview
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-03-18
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Crossbow Productions, Springtime Productions, U-M Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock
- Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom
- Dick Shawn as Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
- Kenneth Mars as Franz Liebkind
- Estelle Winwood as "Hold Me Touch Me"
- Christopher Hewett as Roger De Bris
- Andréas Voutsinas as Carmen Ghia
- Lee Meredith as Ulla
- Renée Taylor as Eva Braun
- Michael Davis as Production Tenor
- John Zoller as Drama Critic
- Madlyn Cates as Concierge
Crew
- Mel Brooks - Director
- Mel Brooks - Writer
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