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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 96/100. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 437 1960s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic96/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
934 audience votes
Key crew
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
- Mel BrooksDirector
- Mel BrooksWriter
Cast
- Zero MostelMax Bialystock
- Gene WilderLeo Bloom
- Dick ShawnLorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
- Kenneth MarsFranz Liebkind
- Estelle Winwood"Hold Me Touch Me"
- Christopher HewettRoger De Bris
- Andréas VoutsinasCarmen Ghia
- Lee MeredithUlla
- Renée TaylorEva Braun
- Michael DavisProduction Tenor
- John ZollerDrama Critic
- Madlyn CatesConcierge
Stills
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Themes
nazicheatingdark comedymusicalsatirescamtheatrical producerplaywrightsing singbroadwayaccountantadolf hitler
The Best Movies of 1968
The Producers is #7 of 60
