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The Great Dictator

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Calorie Rating: 174
Released: 1940-10-15
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Budget: 2000000
Revenue 11000000
Studios: Charles Chaplin Productions,

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Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Director / Directors

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Wheeler Dryden

Assistant Director

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Character: Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard

Character: Hannah

Jack Oakie

Character: Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Character: Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell

Character: Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

Character: Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle

Character: Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

Character: Spook

Maurice Moscovitch

Character: Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn

Character: Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

Character: Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

Character: Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin

Character: Barber's Customer

Esther Michelson

Character: Jewish Woman

Hank Mann

Character: Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright

Character: Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon

Character: Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders

Character: Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn

Character: Whitewashed Storm Trooper

Nita Pike

Character: Secretary

George Lynn

Character: Commander of Storm Troopers

Wheeler Dryden

Character: Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)

Fred Aldrich

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Character: Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)

Sig Arno

Character: Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)

William Arnold

Character: Tomanian Officer (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Character: Ghetto Extra (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Character: Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Character: Sculptor (uncredited)

John Davidson

Character: Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Character: Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Character: Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Character: Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Character: Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Character: Officer (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Character: Policeman (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Character: Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

William Irving

Character: Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Character: Banquet Butler (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Character: Blonde Secretary (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Character: Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Character: Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)

Nellie V. Nichols

Character: Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Manuel París

Character: Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Character: Jewish Man (uncredited)

Lucien Prival

Character: Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Character: Officer Extra (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Character: Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Character: Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Character: Prison Guard (uncredited)

Carl Voss

Character: Officer (uncredited)

Leo White

Character: Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Character: Soldier in Field (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Francis Ernest Drake

Character: Storm Trooper (uncredited)

Francesca Santoro

Character: Aggie (uncredited)

Leonard Walker

Character: Conductor (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie Evans

Character: Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

Karl Struss

Director of Photography

Roland Totheroh

Director of Photography

Willard Nico

Editor

J. Russell Spencer

Art Direction

Edward G. Boyle

Set Decoration

Ed Voight

Makeup Artist

Glenn Rominger

Sound Designer

Percy Townsend

Sound Designer

Meredith Willson

Original Music Composer

Charlie Chaplin

Original Music Composer

Wheeler Dryden

Second Unit

Ralph Hammeras

Special Effects

Jack Cosgrove

Visual Effects

Buster Wiles

Stunts

Carter DeHaven

Associate Producer

Ted Tetrick

Costume Supervisor

Carmen Dragon

Orchestrator

Max Terr

Orchestrator

Alfred Reeves

Production Manager

William Bogdanoff

Construction Foreman

Frank Testera

Electrician

Kathleen Pryor

Production Secretary

Charlie Chaplin

Writer