Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Cast
Jonathan Pryce
Sam Lowry
Robert De Niro
Harry Tuttle
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ida Lowry
Ian Holm
Mr. Kurtzmann
Bob Hoskins
Spoor
Michael Palin
Jack Lint
Ian Richardson
Mr. Warrenn
Peter Vaughan
Mr. Helpmann
Kim Greist
Jill Layton
Jim Broadbent
Dr. Jaffe
Barbara Hicks
Mrs. Alma Terrain
Charles McKeown
Lime
Derrick O'Connor
Dowser
Kathryn Pogson
Shirley
Bryan Pringle
Spiro
Sheila Reid
Mrs. Buttle
John Flanagan
T.V. Interviewer / Salesman
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Priest
John Pierce Jones
Basement Guard
Nigel Planer
Charlie--Dept. of Works
Terence Bayler
T.V. Commercial Presenter
Gorden Kaye
M.O.I. Lobby Porter
Jack Purvis
Dr. Chapman
Howard Lew Lewis
Black Maria Guard
Ray Cooper
Technician
Brian Miller
Mr. Buttle
Simon Jones
Arrest Official
Derek Deadman
Bill - Dept. of Works
Bill Wallis
Bespectacled Lurker
Myrtle Devenish
Typist in Jack's Office
Ann Way
Old Lady with Dog
Don Henderson
First 'Black Maria' Guard
Oscar Quitak
Interview Official
Harold Innocent
Interview Official
John Grillo
Interview Official
Ralph Nossek
Interview Official
David Gant
Interview Official
James Coyle
Interview Official
Patrick Connor
Cell Guard
Elizabeth Spender
Alison / 'Barbara' Lint
Russell Keith Grant
Young Gallant at Funeral
Terry Gilliam
Smoking Man (uncredited)
Crew
Terry Gilliam
Director, Screenplay
Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
Charles McKeown
Screenplay
Julian Doyle
Editor
Roger Pratt
Director of Photography
Patrick Cassavetti
Producer
Arnon Milchan
Producer
Norman Garwood
Production Design
David Garfath
Camera Operator
Irene Lamb
Casting
Margery Simkin
Casting
James Acheson
Costume Design
Maggie Weston
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Sallie Evans
Makeup & Hair
Elaine Carew
Makeup & Hair
Meinir Jones-Lewis
Makeup & Hair
Sandra Shepherd
Makeup & Hair
Andrew Garnet-Lawson
Scenic Artist
Dennis Bosher
Assistant Art Director
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Assistant Art Director
Aaron Sherman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Rodney Glenn
Sound Editor
Paul Carr
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Doyle
Sound Recordist
Richard Conway
Visual Effects
Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer
Ary Barroso
Music
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Penny Eyles
Script Supervisor
Perry Evans
Electrician
Chuck Finch
Best Boy Electric
Greg Powell
Stunts
Vic Armstrong
Stunts
Gary Dawson
Property Master
George Ball
Property Master
Roy Rodhouse
Gaffer
Graham Ford
Production Manager
Alan Arnold
Publicist
Geoff Freeman
Publicist
Keith Pain
Art Direction
John Beard
Art Direction
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