Directed by Terry Jones Terry Gilliam Written by Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Cast Graham Chapman ... Chairman / Fish #1 / Doctor / Harry Blackitt / Wymer / Hordern / General / Coles / Narrator #2 / Dr. Livingstone / Transvestite / Eric / Guest #1 / Arthur Jarrett / Geoffrey / Tony Bennett John Cleese ... Fish #2 / Dr. Spencer / Humphrey Williams / Sturridge / Ainsworth / Waiter / Eric's Assistant / Maître D' / Grim Reaper Terry Gilliam ... Window Washer / Fish #4 / Walters / Middle of the Film Announcer / M'Lady Joeline / Mr. Brown / Howard Katzenberg Eric Idle ... Gunther / Fish #3 / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Victim #3 / Front End / Mrs. Hendy / Man in Pink / Noël Coward / Gaston / Angela Terry Jones ... Bert / Fish #6 / Mum / Priest / Biggs / Sergeant / Man with Bendy Arms / Mrs. Brown / Mr. Creosote / Maria / Leaf Father / Fiona Portland-Smythe Michael Palin ... Window Washer / Harry / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Sergeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Rear End / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son / Debbie Katzenberg Carol Cleveland ... Beefeater Waitress / Wife of Guest #1 / Leaf Mother / Leaf Daughter / Heaven Receptionist Simon Jones ... Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smythe Patricia Quinn ... Mrs. Williams Judy Loe ... Nurse #1 Andrew MacLachlan ... Groom / Wycliff / Victim #1 / Guest #3 Mark Holmes ... Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head) / Troll Waiter / Guest #2 Valerie Whittington ... Mrs. Moore Jennifer Franks ... Bride Imogen Bickford-Smith ... Nurse #2 (as Imogen Bickford Smith) Angela Mann ... Wife of Guest #2 Peter Lovstrom ... Brown's Son George Silver ... Diner Eating Howard the Fish Chris Grant   Sydney Arnold ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Guy Bertrand ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Andrew Bicknell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Ross Davidson ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Myrtle Devenish ... Old Lady (segment 'The Crimson Permanent Assurance') Tim Douglas ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Eric Francis ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Matt Frewer ... Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment 'The Crimson Permanent Assurance') Billy John ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Russell Kilmister ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Peter Mantle ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Len Marten ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Peter Merrill ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Cameron Miller ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Gareth Milne ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Larry Noble ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Paddy Ryan ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Leslie Sarony ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") John Scott Martin ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Eric Stovell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Wally Thomas ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Jack Armstrong ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Robert Carrick ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Douglas Cooper ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") George Daly ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Chick Fowles ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Terry Grant ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Robin Hewlett ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Tommy Isley ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Juba Kennerley ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Anthony Lang ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") (as Tony Lang) John Murphy ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Terry Rendell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Ronald Shilling ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Albert Welch ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") Luke Baxter ... Dancer Stephen Beasley ... Dancer (as Stephen Beagley) Paul Bourke ... Dancer Bonnie Bryg ... Dancer Charlotte Corbett ... Dancer Geoff Davids ... Dancer Emma-Kate Davies ... Dancer Sandra Easby ... Dancer Jane Eve ... Dancer (as Jane Newman) Donna Fielding ... Dancer Roy Hamlyn Gayle ... Dancer (as Roy Gayle) Dawn Gerrard ... Dancer Natascha Gilbrooke ... Dancer (as Natasha Gilbrook) Donnette Goddard ... Dancer Heavon Grant ... Dancer Alison Jane Hierlihy ... Dancer (as Alison Herlihy) Laura James ... Dancer Kim Elizabeth Leeson ... Dancer (as Kim Leeson) Maddie Loftin ... Dancer Michelle Mackie ... Dancer Paul Madden ... Dancer Helen Mason ... Dancer Caroline Meacher ... Dancer Lorraine Meacher ... Dancer Sue Menhenick ... Dancer Kerri Murphy ... Dancer Tammy Needham ... Dancer Garry Noakes ... Dancer (as Gary Noakes) Trudy Pack ... Dancer Floyd Anthony Pearce ... Dancer (as Floyd Pearce) Wanda Rokicki ... Dancer (as Wanda Rockiki) Peter Salmon ... Dancer Lizie Saunderson ... Dancer Steve St. Klonis ... Dancer Voyd ... Dancer Timothy Ward ... Dancer Michelle Welch ... Dancer Gess Whitfield ... Dancer Lorraine Whitmarsh ... Dancer Dominique Wood ... Dancer Uncredited Cast Lynne Hazelden ... Student Doctor Carole Anne Stevenson ... Topless Pursuer Jane Leeves ... Dancer Keith Macey ... School Boy in Chapel Gerald Paris ... Passerby John Simpkin ... Mr. Bloke Guy Standeven ... Restaurant Diner Reg Thomason ... Restaurant Patron Cy Town ... Restaurant Diner Fred Wood ... Branded Man in Dungeon Room Produced by John Goldstone Original Music by John Du Prez

Additional Info Premiere: March 31, 1983 DVD Release: March 18, 1998 Blu-ray Release: October 08, 2013 Country: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Celandine Films The Monty Python Partnership Universal Pictures Distributors Universal Pictures   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) MCA Home Video   (1986) (USA) (VHS) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Universal's 100th Anniversary) Image Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating 5.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,414 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,410 Gerald's Game (2017) #1,411 Love, Simon (2018) #1,412 The Commuter (2018) #1,413 Valentine's Day (2010) #1,414 Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) #1,415 A Christmas Carol (2009) #1,416 Friday (1995) #1,417 The Hunt (2020) #1,418 Catwoman (2004)