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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Graham Chapman | Chairman |
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John Cleese | Fish #2 |
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Terry Gilliam | Window Washer |
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Eric Idle | Gunther |
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Terry Jones | Bert |
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Michael Palin | Window Washer |
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Carol Cleveland | Beefeater Waitress |
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Simon Jones | Chadwick |
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Patricia Quinn | Mrs. Williams |
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Judy Loe | Nurse #1 |
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Andrew Maclachlan | Groom |
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Mark Holmes | Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head) |
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Valerie Whittington | Mrs. Moore |
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Jennie Franks | Bride |
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Imogen Bickford-Smith | Nurse #2 |
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Angela Mann | Wife of Guest #2 |
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Peter Lovstrom | Brown's Son |
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George Silver | Diner Eating Howard the Fish |
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Chris Grant | |
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Sydney Arnold | (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
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Guy Bertrand | (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
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Andrew Bicknell | (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
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Ross Davidson | (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
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Myrtle Devenish | Old Lady (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
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Tim Douglas | (segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) |
Director | Terry Jones |
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Writer | Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin | |
Producer | John Goldstone | |
Musician | John Du Prez | |
Photography | Peter Hannan, Roger Pratt |