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The Producers

1967 · Movie · 88 min

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Scores

  • IMDb7.5/10as of 2026-03-07
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer91%as of 2024-11-08
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.2/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic96/100as of 2023-10-13

What it is

The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks, and starring Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film is about a mild-mannered accountant and a con artist theater producer who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling shares in a stage musical designed to fail.

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Genres
Comedy / Music
Original language
English

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