The Great Dictator

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The Great Dictator
Directed byCharlie Chaplin
Written byCharlie Chaplin
Produced byCharlie Chaplin
StarringCharlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Jack Oakie
Henry Daniell
Reginald Gardiner
Billy Gilbert
Maurice Moscovich
CinematographyKarl Struss
Roland Totheroh
Edited byWillard Nico
Harold Rice
Music byCharlie Chaplin
Meredith Willson
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • October 15, 1940 (1940-10-15) (New York)
  • March 7, 1941 (1941-03-07) (London)
Running time
124 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million (US$38,961,722 in 2021 dollars[2])
Box office$5 million (US$96,710,214 in 2021 dollars[2])[3]

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama movie written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other movies.

References[change | change source]

  1. "The Great Dictator (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 9, 1940. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  3. Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944). "Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012.