Comedy /

Score: 73.1%( 1972 votes )

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.

Cast:

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

Patricia Quinn
Mrs. Williams

Judy Loe
Nurse #1

Andrew Bicknell
(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

Andrew MacLachlan
Groom

Mark Holmes
Severed head

Valerie Whittington
Mrs. Moore

Jennifer Franks
Bride

Imogen Bickford-Smith
Nurse #2

Angela Mann
Second guest's wife

Sydney Arnold
Pirate Captain (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")

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)

Luke Baxter
Dancer