The Producers

Hollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour!

1968 • 89 min • Comedy

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Synopsis

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.

Our family guide

Best from age 12

Movie Knight Score

928 reviews

100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
71 Audience · 926 · 49%

A Broadway producer and his meek accountant scheme to get rich by staging a surefire flop. They choose a musical glorifying Hitler, expecting it to be a disaster, but their outrageous plans go hilariously awry.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Characters frequently scheme and lie
Stereotypes are played for laughs
Mild crude humor and suggestive situations

What it models well

Creativity and innovation
Unlikely friendships
Consequences of deception

Talk about it after

The humor in satire and parody
The dangers of exploiting others
Why historical figures are treated a certain way in media

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Top billed cast

Director: Mel Brooks • Crew: Mel Brooks

Trailers & clips

The Producers ≣ 1967 ≣ Trailer

"The Producers" (1967 - Mel Brooks)

THE PRODUCERS - Newly restored in 4K - Dir. by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder

The Producers (1967) Official Trailer

The Producers (1968) trailer

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
THE PRODUCERS (1967) - Mel Brooks' first feature film starts with the funniest opening credits sequence I've ever seen - a monetarily motivated rendezvous between a serial Broadway failure and a sexually insatiable octogenarian - and then proceeds to get even more hilarious as it progresses.…
adorablepanic, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
**Greatest of all Time - GOAT - Best comedies.** Easily my number one. This film can be rewatched over and over again - always just as hilarious and timeless.
Jeff_34, TMDB Community