movie

1975 · United Kingdom

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 91 min
Age rating: PG
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.

The story

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

holy grail
swordplay
england
monk
wedding reception
scotland yard
animal attack
camelot
round table
chapter

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Terry Jones — Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert
Michael Palin — First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head
Connie Booth — The Witch
Carol Cleveland — Zoot / Dingo
Neil Innes — First Monk / Singing Minstrel / Page Crushed by the Rabbit /
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

Directed: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Written: Thomas Malory, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin & 1 more

Production

Rating: 7.8 / 10 · 6,586 ratings
Studio: Python (Monty) Pictures, Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company, EMI Films

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.