THE PRODUCERS

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• Release Year: 1968
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: A 'startling, stunning, outrageous [and] breathtaking debut' (Los Angeles Times) from acclaimed writer/director Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs), this Oscar®-winning* comedy combines 'pure pell-Mel lunacy [and] wild, ad-lib energy [into an] uproariously funny' (Time) film!; ; Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written ('Springtime for Hitler') and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise smash hit, they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg!; ; *1968: Original Screenplay
• Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor, Christopher Hewett, Lee Meredith, William Hickey, Andréas Voutsinas, David Patch, Dick Shawn, Barney Martin, Madelyn Cates, Shimen Ruskin, Frank Campanella, Josip Elic, John Zoller, Brutus Peck, Anne Ives, Amelie Barleon, Lisa Kirk, Nell Harrison, Mary Love, Bernie Allen, Rusty Blitz, Mel Brooks, Ron Charles, Mae Crane, Michael Davis, Diana Eden, David Evans, Anthony Gardell, Hank Garrett, Trent Gough, Zale Kessler, Bill Macy, Patrick Owens, Robert Paget, Arthur Rubin, Tucker Smith, Bud Truland, Joseph E. Levine, Sidney Glazier, Joseph Coffey, Ralph Rosenblum, John Morris, Norman Blagman, Herb Hartig, Willard Goodman, Alan Heim, Charles Rosen
• Director: Mel Brooks
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: MGM/UA
• Media Format: Movie