Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983Life'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.
Acted in
Terry Gilliam
as Various Roles
Graham Chapman
as Various Roles
John Cleese
as Various Roles
Eric Idle
as Various Roles
Terry Jones
as Various Roles
Michael Palin
as Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
as Various Roles
Simon Jones
as Cedric
Patricia Quinn
as Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe
as Nurse #1
Andrew Bicknell
as (Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew MacLachlan
as Groom
Mark Holmes
as Severed head
Valerie Whittington
as Mrs. Moore
Jennifer Franks
as Bride
Imogen Bickford-Smith
as Nurse #2
Angela Mann
as Second guest's wife
Sydney Arnold
as Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Guy Bertrand
as Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Matt Frewer
as Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Michael Caine
as British Soldier (uncredited) (segment "Fighting Each Other")
Barrie Holland
as Teacher At Rugby Match (uncredited)
Jane Leeves
as Dancer (uncredited)