---
title: 'The Producers (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mel Brooks'
released: '1967-11-22'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-producers-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Producers (1967)

1967 · 88 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

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. To this end, they find a playscript celebrating Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and bring it to the stage. Because of this theme, The Producers was controversial from the start and received mixed reviews. It became a cult film, and found a fanatical positive critical reception later.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks)
- **Screenplay:** [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-morris)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Glazier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-glazier)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-rosenblum)

## Cast

- [Lee Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-meredith)
- [Renée Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-taylor)
- [Dick Shawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-shawn)
- [Christopher Hewett](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-hewett)
- [Andreas Voutsinas](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-voutsinas)
- [Barney Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barney-martin)
- [Bill Macy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-macy)
- [Zero Mostel](https://cinepixo.com/people/zero-mostel) as Max Bialystock
- [Frank Campanella](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-campanella)
- [Estelle Winwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-winwood)
- [Gene Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-wilder) as Leopold Bloom
- [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks)
- [Kenneth Mars](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-mars)
- [William Hickey](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hickey)

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