What is The Great Dictator?
{{Use American English|date = April 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox film |name = The Great Dictator |director = [[Charlie Chaplin]] |producer = Charlie Chaplin |writer = Charlie Chaplin |starring = Charlie Chaplin<br />[[Paulette Goddard]]<br />[[Jack Oakie]]<br>[[Henry Daniell]]<br>[[Reginald Gardiner]]<br>[[Billy Gilbert]]<br>[[Maurice Moscovich]] |music = Charlie Chaplin<br />[[Meredith Willson]] |cinematography = [[Karl Struss]]<br />[[Roland Totheroh]] |editing = Willard Nico<br />[[Harold Rice]] |studio = [[Charlie Chaplin|Charles Chaplin Film Corporation]] |distributor = [[United Artists]] |released = {{Film date|1940|10|15|New York|1941|03|07|London}} |runtime = 124 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 124:01--><ref>{{cite web |title=''The Great Dictator'' (U)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF012787/|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=December 9, 1940|access-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> |country = [[United States]] |language = [[English language|English]] |budget = $2 million (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|2000000|1939}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) |gross = $5 million (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5000000|1940}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})<ref>{{cite news |author=Jones, Lon|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878 |title=Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?. |newspaper= [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=March 4, 1944 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |page=3 Supplement: ''The Argus Weekend'' magazine |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> }} '''''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== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Dictator, The}} [[Category:1940 comedy-drama movies]