The Great Dictator
1940 film by Charlie Chaplin
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.
The Great Dictator | |
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Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring | Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard Jack Oakie Henry Daniell Reginald Gardiner Billy Gilbert Maurice Moscovich |
Cinematography | Karl Struss Roland Totheroh |
Edited by | Willard Nico Harold Rice |
Music by | Charlie Chaplin Meredith Willson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million (US$38,961,722 in 2021 dollars[2]) |
Box office | $5 million (US$96,710,214 in 2021 dollars[2])[3] |
References
change- ↑ "The Great Dictator (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 9, 1940. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.