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| Graham Chapman | ... | King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard | |
| John Cleese | ... | Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Lancelot, the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter | |
| Eric Idle | ... | Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard | |
| Terry Gilliam | ... | Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorrilla Hand | |
| Terry Jones | ... | Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Voice of Cartoon Scribe / Prince Herbert | |
| Michael Palin | ... | First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights who say NI! | |
| Connie Booth | ... | The Witch | |
| Carol Cleveland | ... | Zoot / Dingo | |
| Neil Innes | ... | First Monk / Singing Minstrel / Page Crushed by the Rabbit / Peasant #4 | |
| Bee Duffell | ... | Old Crone | |
| John Young | ... | Dead Body / Historian Frank | |
| Rita Davies | ... | Historian's Wife | |
| Avril Stewart | ... | Dr. Piglet | |
| Sally Kinghorn | ... | Dr. Winston | |
| Mark Zycon | ... | Prisoner | |
| Elspeth Cameron | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Mitsuko Forstater | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Sandy Johnson | ... | Knight of Ni, Villager at witch burning, Musician at wedding, Monk, Knight in battle | |
| Sandy Rose | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Romilly Squire | ... | Musician at wedding, Villager at witch burning | |
| Joni Flynn | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Alison Walker | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Loraine Ward | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Anna Lanski | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Sally Coombe | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Vivienne MacDonald | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Yvonne Dick | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Daphne Darling | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Fiona Gordon | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Gloria Graham | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Judy Lams | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Tracy Sneddon | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Sylvia Taylor | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Joyce Pollner | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| Mary Allen | ... | Girl in Castle Anthrax | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Julian Doyle | ... | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Charles Knode | ... | Camp' Guard / One of Robins Minstrels (uncredited) | |
| Zack Matalon | ... | Guard who falls into barrels (uncredited) | |
| William Palin | ... | Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film (photograph) (uncredited) | |
| Tom Raeburn | ... | Guard Eating Apple (uncredited) | |
| Roy Forge Smith | ... | Inspector End of Film (uncredited) | |
| Maggie Weston | ... | Page turner (hand only) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Terry Gilliam | |||
| Terry Jones | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Graham Chapman | (written by) & | |
| John Cleese | (written by) & | |
| Eric Idle | (written by) & | |
| Terry Gilliam | (written by) & | |
| Terry Jones | (written by) & | |
| Michael Palin | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Mark Forstater | .... | producer | |
| John Goldstone | .... | executive producer | |
| Michael White | .... | producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Terry Bedford | (lighting cameraman) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| John Hackney | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Roy Forge Smith | (as Roy Smith) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Hazel Pethig | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Pam Luke | .... | makeup artist | |
| Pearl Rashbass | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Julian Doyle | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Gerry Harrison | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Graham Bullock | .... | painter | |
| Roy Cannon | .... | property man | |
| Nobby Clark | .... | carpenter | |
| Philip Cowlam | .... | assistant art director | |
| Bob Devine | .... | carpenter | |
| Bill Harman | .... | construction manager | |
| Mike Kennedy | .... | property man | |
| Tom Raeburn | .... | property master | |
| Jim N. Savery | .... | stagehand | |
| Charles Torbett | .... | property master (as Charlie Torbett) | |
| Brian Winterborn | .... | property buyer | |
| Terry Gilliam | .... | storyboard artist (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Philip Chubb | .... | sound maintenance | |
| Ian Crafford | .... | sound effects | |
| Bob Doyle | .... | sound assistant (as Robert Doyle) | |
| John Foster | .... | dubbing editor | |
| Godfrey Kirby | .... | boom swinger | |
| Garth Marshall | .... | sound recordist | |
| Hugh Strain | .... | sound mixer | |
| Campbell Askew | .... | assistant sound editor (uncredited) | |
| Jean-Raphaël Dedieu | .... | sound effects editor (2001 theatrical re-release) (uncredited) | |
| Nicolas Gaster | .... | assistant sound editor (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Valerie Charlton | .... | special effects model maker | |
| John Horton | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Julian Doyle | .... | special effects photography | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Howard Atherton | .... | camera operator | |
| Ray Hall | .... | camera grip | |
| Kent Houston | .... | camera operator: rostrum camera | |
| Terry Hunt | .... | chargehand electrician | |
| Roger Pratt | .... | assistant camera | |
| Ed Sullivan | .... | rigger | |
| John Wellard | .... | camera focus | |
Animation Department | |||
| Lucinda Cowell | .... | assistant animator | |
| Kate Hepburn | .... | assistant animator | |
| Terry Gilliam | .... | animator (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Campbell Askew | .... | assistant editor (as Alexander Campbell Askew) | |
| Nicolas Gaster | .... | assistant editor (as Nick Gaster) | |
| Danielle Kochavi | .... | assistant editor | |
| John Mister | .... | assistant editor | |
| Brian Peachey | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Brian Brockwell | .... | accountant | |
| Penny Eyles | .... | continuity | |
| Leo Kharibian | .... | choreographer | |
| John Waller | .... | fight director | |
| John Waller | .... | period consultant | |
| Christine Watt | .... | production secretary | |
| Richard Burton | .... | double: Black Knight (uncredited) | |
| Mark Zycon | .... | double: Eric Idle (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Gary Cooper | .... | thanks | |
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Although I am from the UK, I first saw this film aged 11 when I was living in Maryland, USA, not long after it first came out. I had discovered Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS, a channel which then showed a lot of imported British TV shows, often of high quality. (I don't know if it still does, or even if it exists.) The film was outstanding, and even though I virtually know it by heart, I still occasionally watch it on video, nearly 30 years later. I remember describing the film with great enthusiasm to American children when I went to school and being puzzled that they could not understand what I was going on about. I think this is better than Life of Brian or The Meaning of Life. I think in those films Monty Python were trying a little too hard to shock. In this one, there is more genuine humour. In many funny scenes, the killer rabbit sequence has got to be the funniest, closely followed by the anarcho-syndicalist commune.
Monty Python have been well liked abroad, to a surprising degree, but there are many things about them that I think you have to be British or perhaps Irish to appreciate. For example, Chapman's performance as King Arthur is a perfect combination of the King Arthur legend with ideas of how a head prefect is supposed to behave in British schools. Cleese as Sir Lancelot is an uneasy but hilarious blend of well-bred English gentleman with psychotic loon. I don't know about nowadays, but in the 1970s this had a slightly subversive tinge, without overdoing it. Even the anarcho-syndicalist commune scene gets an extra impact from the way class structure works in British society. I don't mean to say that it's meant to be a political tract, only that for British people the absurd cavorting of these public school types gives an extra satirical layer of meaning to the film.