Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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1983
1h 47m
7.3(2009 votes)
Comedy

Overview

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

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Cast & Crew

23 members
Directing

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Terry Gilliam
Acting

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

Graham Chapman
Acting

John Cleese

Various Roles

John Cleese
Acting

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Eric Idle
Acting

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Terry Jones
Acting

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Michael Palin
Acting

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland
Acting

Simon Jones

Cedric

Simon Jones
Acting

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Patricia Quinn
Acting

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Judy Loe
Acting

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew Bicknell
Acting

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

Andrew MacLachlan
Acting

Mark Holmes

Severed head

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Acting

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

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Acting

Jennifer Franks

Bride

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Acting

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Nurse #2

Imogen Bickford-Smith
Acting

Angela Mann

Second guest's wife

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Acting

Sydney Arnold

Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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Acting

Guy Bertrand

Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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Acting

Matt Frewer

Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Matt Frewer
Acting

Michael Caine

British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")

Michael Caine
Acting

Jane Leeves

Dancer (uncredited)

Jane Leeves
Acting

Luke Baxter

Dancer

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