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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

7.319831h 47mRMovieComedy

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…

DirectorTerry Jones
WritersGraham Chapman·John Cleese
ProducerJohn Goldstone

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Cast · Directed by Terry Jones

TGTerry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Various Roles
GCGraham Chapman
Graham Chapman
Various Roles
JCJohn Cleese
John Cleese
Various Roles
EIEric Idle
Eric Idle
Various Roles
TJTerry Jones
Terry Jones
Various Roles
MPMichael Palin
Michael Palin
Various Roles
CCCarol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland
Various Roles
SJSimon Jones
Simon Jones
Cedric
PQPatricia Quinn
Patricia Quinn
Mrs. Williams
JLJudy Loe
Judy Loe
Nurse #1
ABAndrew Bicknell
Andrew Bicknell
(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
AMAndrew MacLachlan
Andrew MacLachlan
Groom

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