---
title: 'To Be or Not to Be (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Johnson'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/to-be-or-not-to-be-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086450/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# To Be or Not to Be (1983)

1983 · 108 min · War, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer. The film is a remake of the 1942 film of the same name.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Ronny Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronny-graham)
- **Producer:** [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks)
- **Director:** [Alan Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-morris)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerald Hirschfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-hirschfeld)
- **Editor:** [Alan Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-balsam)

## Cast

- [Ivor Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-barry)
- [Henry Brandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-brandon)
- [Ronny Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronny-graham)
- [John Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-francis)
- [Jack Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-riley)
- [Curt Lowens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-lowens)
- [Christopher Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lloyd)
- [Terence Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-marsh)
- [Earl Boen](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-boen)
- [Henry Kaiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kaiser)
- [Mel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-brooks)
- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft)
- [Max Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-brooks)
- [José Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-ferrer)

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