Film

The Producers 1968

Directed by Mel Brooks

  • Comedy
  • 89 min
  • PG

Hollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour!

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.

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