The Great Dictator
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| The Great Dictator | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard Jack Oakie Henry Daniell Reginald Gardiner Billy Gilbert Maurice Moscovich |
| Music by | Charlie Chaplin Meredith Willson |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Willard Nico Harold Rice |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million (US$36,023,923 in 2017 dollars[2]) |
| Box office | $5 million (US$89,418,052 in 2017 dollars[2])[3] |
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The Great Dictator (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 9, 1940. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ↑ 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.
