Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)

The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.

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Summary Details
Running Time30 min
GenresComedy
FilmmakersRole
Graham Chapman Writer
Eric Idle Writer
Terry Jones Writer
Michael Palin Writer
Terry Gilliam Writer
John Cleese Writer
CastRole
Graham Chapman
Various/Policeman/Doctor/The Colonel/Interviewer/Voice Over #2/Butler/Chairman/Chinaman/First Pepperpot/Headmaster/Loony/Nude Man/Pepperpot #1/Son/Vicar/Waiter/A Criminologist/A different Gestapo Officer/Abuser/Accountant/Alan Whicker #4/Alex Diamond/Alexander Hardacre/Alphonse/Angus Tinker/Announcer/Anthony Viney/Arthur Figgis/Bert Tagg/Biggles/Bookstore Customer/Caesar/Charles/Charles Darnay/Chivers/Chris/Chris Conger/City Stockbroker's Neighbour/Cliff Morgan/Coachman/Colonel Ewing/Colonel Pickering/Conservative Candidate/Count Dracula/Crossdressing Sergeant/Dad/David Thomas (Stig in the shooting script)/David Unction/Dentist/Don Roberts/Dr. Watson/Eamonn/Englishwoman/Eskimo/Father/Female Fanshaw-Chumleigh/Ferdinand von Zeppelin/First Coal Miner/First Cricketer/First Expert/First Mrs. Zambesi/First Official/First Policeman/First Psychiatrist/First Store Assistant/Floor Director/Florence Nightingale/Fourth Doctor/Fourth Officer/Fourth Young Man/French City Gent/Game-Show Hostess/Gas Man/General/Genevieve/Gladstone/Gladys/Gumby #1/Hank Spim/Harry/Harry Baggot/Helmut/Hospital Patient/Housewife/Icelandic Honey Salesman/Inspector Dim of the Yard/Inspector Fox/Inspector Zatapathique/Irving C. Saltzberg, Jnr./Jean Wennerstrom/Jenny the Hun/Jimmy Blenkinshop/Judge/Julian/Julius Caesar/Kargol/Ken Biggles/King George III/Lady Partridge/Letter Writer Against Falling from al Building/Looney/Lumberjack/Madly Dressed Man/Major/Man/Man Stting Next to the Indian/Man in Briefs/Man in Insurance Office/Man in Studio/Man in Tails/Mansfield Vermin-Jones - Father/Marcel Marceau/Marge/Martin Curry/Mayor/Member of the Mounties Choir/Messenger/Minister for Home Affairs/Minister of Pensions and Social Security/Mountaineer/Mr. Anemone/Mr. Brando/Mr. Bruce Foster of Guildford/Mr. Clement Onan/Mr. Crawley/Mr. Englebert Humperdinck/Mr. Harrison (Apricot)/Mr. Irrelevant/Mr. Kelly/Mr. Kirkham/Mr. Lambert/Mr. Mann/Mr. Nabarro/Mr. Neutron/Mr. Pudifoot/Mr. Tid/Mr. Zanie/Mrs. Beethoven/Mrs. Bun/Mrs. Cheap-Laugh/Mrs. Conclusion/Mrs. Edwards/Mrs. Fiona Lewis/Mrs. Jalin/Mrs. Mock Tudor/Mrs. Norris/Mrs. O'Tracey/Mrs. Pim/Mrs. Potter/Mrs. Smoker/Mrs. Thing/Mrs. Trepidatious/Noel/Norman/Nurse/Old Lady/Oscar Wilde/Otto (A Gestapo Officer)/Overacting Specialist/Party Host/Pepperpot/Peter/Police Constable Henry Thatcher/Police Constable Pan Am/Priest/Priest the Most Popular Religion Ltd/Professor Ken Roswell/Professor L.R. Gumby/Professor R.J. Canning/Professor R.J. Gumby/Queen Erizabeth/RSM/Ratbag/Ratcatcher/Raymond Luxury Yacht/Raymond Luxury Yacht (pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove)/Reg/Reporter/Ron Geppo/Ron Vibbentrop (Von Ribbentrop)/Rosamund's Father/Rustic/Samuel Brainsample/Sapper MacDonald/Scottland Yard's Crack Inspector/Second Bruce/Second City Gent/Second Climber/Second Doctor/Second Gas Man/Second Groupie/Second Jockey/Second Judge's Mother/Second Lifeboatman/Second Old Idiot/Second Sailor/Second Sergeant/Second Superman/Secret Policeman Wallet/Senior General/Sergeant Maddox/Silly Walker/Singer/Sir Abe Sappenheim/Sir Charles Dividends/Sir Edward Ross/Sir Jane Russell/Sir John Cunningham/Sir Kenneth Clark/Sir Pratt/Sir Walter Scott/Sir William/Solomon/Spanish Señorita/Superintendent/Superintendent Parrot/Surgeon/Surgeon Gumby/Technician/The Big Cheese/The Cincinnati Mining Company/The Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Nose's Brother/The Rev. Arthur Belling of St. Looney Up-The-Cream-Bun-and-Jam/The Rt. Hon. Lambert Warbeck/Third City Idiot/Third Explorer/Third Man/Third Programme Planner/Trevor Atkinson/Undertaker/Unnamed vox pop man #2/Valerie Garibaldi/Various Roles/Vet/Victor/Vince Snetterton-Lewis/Voice Over #1/Voice Over #3/Voiceover #4/Waitress/Wingco/Yokel/a man with two noses
John Cleese
Announcer/Various/The Announcer/Interviewer/Voice Over #1/Voiceover #1/Chartered Accountant/Doctor/General/Mr. Eric Praline/Officer/Peter/Sergeant/Stockbroker/Viking/Voice Over/Voice-Over #1/'Ethel the Frog' Presenter/'How Not to Be Seen' Narrator/'Life and Death Struggles' Narrator/'Mosquito Hunters' Narrator/'Penguins' Presenter/A Scottsman on a Horse/A Scottsman on a horse/A man in the street/A.J.P. Taylor/Advertising Boss/Alan/Alan Whicker #5/Albatross Seller/American Commentator/American Voice/Anne Elk/Armless Padre/Arthur Briggs' Bedmate/Arthur Figgis/Attila the Hun/Auctioneer/BBC Man/Beryl/Board Member/Brian Equator/Brian Trubshawe/Brigadier/Brigadier Arthur Gormanstrop (Mrs.)/Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong (Mrs.)/Bruce Beer/Bus Hijacker/Captain/Captain R. H. Pretty/City Gent/Colonel Type/Counsel/Cricketer/Customer/David/Defence/Dennis Moore/Derek Hart/Doris/Douglas/Dr. E. Henry Thripshaw/Dr. Larch/Driver/East Midlands Poet Board Sales Manager/Eric Praline/Fifth Doctor/Fifth Groupie/Fifth Sailor/First 'Probe-Around' Host/First Businessman/First City Idiot/First Doctor/First Explorer/First Frenchman/First Interviewer/First Officer/First Producer/First Radio Voice/First Sergeant/First Superman/Flight Lieutenant Ken Frankenstein (Mrs.)/Fourth Bruce/Fourth City Gent/Fourth Knight/Fourth Man/Fourth Old Idiot/Fourth Writer/Frankenstein's Monster/Game Show Presenter/Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrr/General #2/Gladys/Gloria/Gumby/Gumby #2/Gumby Specialist/Gumby Standing on Water/Head of Drama/Highlander/Hungarian Citizen/Inspector/Inspector Leopard/Inspector Praline/Inspector Tiger/Interviewer #2/Interviewer for It's the Arts/Ivan the Terrible/Jack/James McNeill Whistler/James McRettin/Janet/Jim/Jimmy Buzzard/Joke Victim/Ken Clean-Air Systems/Ken Dove/Kevin O'Nassis/Linkman/Lionel/Lord Kinwoodie/Ludwig van Beethoven/M. Brun/Man at Desk/Man from Curry's/Man with Dung/Man with Enormous Ears/Man with Flying Contraption/Man with Rustic Monologue/Mariolini/Member of the Mounties Choir/Mervyn Little/Michael Miles/Mr. A/Mr. Barnard/Mr. Bartlett/Mr. Bones/Mr. Cutler/Mr. Feldman/Mr. Glans/Mr. Hilter (Adolf Hitler)/Mr. Livingstone/Mr. Mousebender/Mr. Robinson/Mr. Samson/Mr. Sm/Mr. Teabags, the Minister of Silly Walks/Mr. Wang/Mr. Wiggin/Mr. Zorba/Mrs. Dreary Fat Boring Old Git/Mrs. Premise/Mungo the Cook/Naughty Bishop/Naughty Chemist/Nazi/Newsreader/Nurse/Old Gramophone/PA Announcer/Pearson/Pepperpot #2/Pepperpot #4/Pier Paolo Pasolini/Police Chief/Policeman/Policeman at Ouija Board/Politician/Priest/Professor Enid Gumby/Professor Sir Adrian Furrows/Professor Tiddles/Prosecuting Counsel/RSM Teaching Self-Defense/Referee/Robber/Roger Last/Roger Thompson/Sam Trench/Second Airline Pilot/Second Major/Second Man/Second Pepperpot/Second Pilot/Second Policeman/Second Presenter/Second Reader/Second Ypres Voice Over/Secret Policeman Bag/Shouting man with handkerchief on his head/Silly Job Interviewer/Silly Walker/Sir George Head/Sir Robert Eversley/Sir Vincent 'Kill the Chaps' Foster/Southerner/Spanish Lecturer/St. John Limbo/Stapleton the Bookseller/Store Manager/The Minister For Overseas Development/Theatre Critic for the 'Western Daily News'/Third Gas Man/Third Officer/Third Robert/Third Young Man/Tick/Upperclass Twit/Upperclass Twit of the Year Commentator/Various Roles/Vicar/Vocational Guidance Counsellor/Voice Over #3/Voice of Block/Voiceover/Voiceover #2/Vox pop interviewer/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Woman in Lake Pahoe/Woman who is offered a burglary
Terry Gilliam
Various/Knight with Chicken/Various Roles/Animation Voices/Doctor/'Eggs Diamond' Narrator/'Killer Cars' and 'Killer Cats' Narrator/A Man with a Stoat Through His Head/Aging General/Animated Anatomical Man/Animated Archaeologists/Animated Carnival Barker/Animated Chippendale Writing Desk/Animated Compère/Animated Emcee/Animated Man/Animated Man who Wants to Show his Latest Operation/Animated Opera Singer/Animated Pair of Lips/Animated Pervert/Animated band/Animator/Balderston/Bishop/Black Man/Boar/Boticelli Lover/Boxer/Burglar/Cardinal/Cardinal Fang/Carnival Barker/Che Guevara/Cherub/Compére/Conrad Poohs (photograph)/Cricket Team/Dancers/Desk Clerk/Dr. Hamer/Encyclopedia Salesman/Eric/Family Group/Fifth Gas Man/Fifth Writer/First Guard/First Presenter/Fourth Booth/Fourth Psychiatrist/Ginger/Guard/Gumby With Syringe/Kevin Garibaldi/Kewpie Doll/Kirt/Knight With Chicken/Knight in Armour/Lon Chaney/Magician/Man Against Exposure/Man Banging on Wall/Man with Pile of Books/Medieval Couple/Messenger/Miles Yellowbird/Military Defense Counsel/Mona Lisa/Morgan/Mr. Freight/Mr. Henson/Mr. Phillips/Mr. Zyndersky/Naked Ladies/Neddy/No-Time Toulouse Narrator/Nude Organist/Overacting Hamlets/Pepperpot Son/Percy Bysshe Shelley/PolicemenPig/Saint/Second German Officer/Second Officer/Second Policeman/Second Smith/Second Technician/Security Man/Shoplifter/Spiney Norman/Spiny Norman/Store Assistant/Swiss Mountaineer/Teddy/Terry/Tex/Third Lifeboatman/Various Animated Swallowed Animals/Viking/Viking with One Line/Voiceover #2/Wizzo Butter Announcer
Eric Idle
Various/Clerk/BBC Announcer/Eddie Waring/Eric/Interviewer/Mr. Badger/Mr. Johnson/Newsreader/Philip Jenkinson/Professor/Registrar/Second Assistant/Vicar/Voice Over #1/Voice Over #2/Voice Over #3/Voiceover #1/'International Wife-Swapping' Voice Over/'It's' Announcer/'No Time to Lose Advice Centre' Consultant/'Prawn Salad Accidents' Man/'Probe' Presenter/'Spot the Loony Presenter/'Storage Jars' Presenter/Absent-Minded Woman/Adman/Admiral Nelson/Adrian/Advert Voice/Advertisement Announcer/Alan Whicker #1/Announcer/Announcer eating a yoghurt/Archbishop Arthur Nudge/Arrested Newsreader/Arthur Crackpot/Arthur Huntingdon/Arthur Lemming/Arthur Name/Arthur Tree/Arthur Waring/Arthur Wilson/Assistant/BALPA Spokesman/BBC Man/Book at Bedtime' Voice Over/Boxer/Brian/Brian MacThighbone/Brigadier N. F. Marwood-Git (retired)/Brooky/Butcher who is alternately rude and polite/Camel spotter/Captain Carpenter/Carl Vernon/Chairman/Charles/Chief Superintendent Lookout/Chris/Chris Quinn/Commentator, 'Hide-and-Seek' Finals/Compere/Compère/Continuity Announcer/Continuity Voice/Corporal/Customer/Cyril/Detective Inspector/Dickie Attenborough/Disc Jockey Voice/Doctor/Dorian Williams/Dr. Lewis Hoad/Dr. Natal/Dr. Walters/Elizabethan Gent/Encyclopedia salesman (burglar)/Enid/Eurovision Girl/Face the Press' Interviewer/Fairy/Fairy Godmother/Female tennis player/First Booth/First Bruce/First Groupie/First Interviewer/First Knight/First Major/First Man/First Poofy Judge/First Presenter/First Program Planner/First Undertaker/Foreman/Fourth Gas Man/Fourth Man who is Interested in Pointed Sticks/Francesco/Frank/Gary Coover/George III's Reader/Gerald/German Joker/Gerry Schlick/Gino Agnelli/Gumby #3/Hamrag Yatlerot/Harold Larch/Hell's Grannies reporter/Husband/Ian McKellan/Indian/Inspector/Inspector Baboon/Inspector Thompson's Gazelle/Interviewer #3/It's a Living Compère/Jack/Jackie/Jacques Montgolfier/Jenkins/John/John Keats/John Lennon/Journalist/Julius Caesar/Ken/Kenny Lust/Lassie O'Shen/Leicester/Letter Writer Against the 'Mr. Atilla the Hun' Sketch and the Next Letter/Lieutenant Commander Dorothy Lamour/Lord Interest/Ludovic Kennedy/Male Fanshaw-Chumleigh/Man at Less Naughty Chemist's/Man at Not at All Naughty Chemist's/Man in Charge/Man in Lake Pahoe/Man in Suit/Man on Left/Man with Porter's Cap/Manager/Marriage Counsellor/Maurice Zatapathique/McGough/Michael Charlton/Michael Norman Randall/Military Man/Milkman Psychiatrist/Miss Rita Fairbanks/Mme. Brun/Money Programme Presenter/Mother/Mr. Bun/Mr. Grimshaw/Mr. Hollweg/Mr. Husband/Mr. Ith/Mr. Leavey/Mr. Man/Mr. Martin/Mr. Phipps/Mr. Pither's Mother/Mr. Smoke-Too-Much/Mr. Thomas Walters/Mr. Verity/Mrs. Brainsample/Mrs. Clean Air Systems/Mrs. Entity/Mrs. Garibaldi/Mrs. Inference/Mrs. Non-Gorilla/Mrs. O/Mrs. Padgett/Mrs. Potter/Mrs. Scribbler/Mrs. Smailes/Mrs. Sybil Agro/Narrator/Norman Nudge/Norwegian/Officer/Old Idiot/Old Lady/Parson/Patrice/Pepperpot/Pepperpot #1/Pepperpot Mother/Peter West/Policeman/Prime Minister/Private Watkins/Professional Cricketer/Professor Herman Khan/Proprietor/Radio Voice/Random Man/Rating/Rear Admiral Humphrey DeVere/Reg/Reg Moss/Registrar's Customer/Regius Professor F.H. Gumby/Reverend Morrison/Rita Fairbanks/Roy Spim/S. Frog/Sandy Camp/Sapper Walters/Second 'Probe Around' Host/Second Bandit/Second Bishop/Second Critic/Second Doctor/Second Explorer/Second Fireman/Second Guard/Second Officer/Second Official/Second Presenter/Second Richard III/Second Robert/Second Soldier/Second Voiceover/Secret Policeman Grip/Shirley/Singer in the Cardiff Rooms, Libya/Spanish Guitarist/Squadron Leader/Squatter/Stebbins/Stig O'Tracey/Storyteller/Summarise Proust Announcer/Swedish Person/Tenant/Tennis commentator/Theatre Critic for the 'Bath Chronicle/Third City Gent/Third Climber/Third Cricketer/Third Officer/Third Old Idiot/Third Pepperpot/Third Reader/Third Sailor/Third Smith/Third Writer/Timmy Williams/Toastmaster/Uncle Tom/Usher/Various Roles/Veronica/Vicar in Cannibal Pot/Vicky/Viking/Voice over #2/Voiceover #2/Wains Cotting Woman/William Shakespeare/Window Cleaner/Woman Outside Runcorn Avenue/Wordsworth/World Forum Presenter