Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.

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.

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Terry Gilliam

Various Roles

Graham Chapman

Various Roles

John Cleese

Various Roles

Eric Idle

Various Roles

Terry Jones

Various Roles

Michael Palin

Various Roles

Carol Cleveland

Various Roles

Simon Jones

Cedric

P

Patricia Quinn

Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe

Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell

(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan

Groom

M

Mark Holmes

Severed head

V

Valerie Whittington

Mrs. Moore

J

Jennifer Franks

Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith

Nurse #2

A

Angela Mann

Second guest's wife

S

Sydney Arnold

Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

G

Guy Bertrand

Chief Executive (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Matt Frewer

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

Michael Caine

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

Jane Leeves

Dancer (uncredited)

L

Luke Baxter

Dancer

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