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Name: The Great Dictator
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1940-10-15
Duration: 125 min

Release, runtime and language: 1940 · 125 mins · English; #3,794 22
Starring: Tiny Sandford, Paulette Goddard, Wheeler Dryden, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovitch, Hans Conried

Once again - the whole world laughs! Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime.

Comedy War Cast, crew & box office

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