‘The Producers’ opens in Pittsburgh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1967)


Video: 'The Producers' trailer

(Wednesday, November 22, 1967, 2:35 p.m. EST)The Producers, an American satirical comedy film about a Broadway producer who decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career, opened today at Manor Theater in Pittsburgh, about four months before it opened in New York City.

Directed by Mel Brooks, the film starred Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars and Dick Shawn.