JIFF: The Producers (1967)

This film is also showing at our sister cinema, Classic Cinemas

The Producers

Brooks’s directorial debut follows a mild-mannered accountant and a con-artist theatre producer who embark on a get-rich-quick scheme by attempting to mount the worst play ever staged: a musical about Adolf Hitler.

This instant classic comedy starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Rating

PG

Duration

88 min

Country

United States

Cast

Zero Mostel, Gene Kelly, Dick Shawn

Director

Mel Brooks