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Time Bandits

…they didn’t make history, they stole it!

1981 · PG · 1h 56m

Directed by Terry Gilliam

6.6

TMDB audience score
1,224 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Cast

  • Craig Warnock
    Kevin

  • David Rappaport
    Randall

  • Kenny Baker
    Fidgit

  • Mike Edmonds
    Og

  • Malcolm Dixon
    Strutter

  • Tiny Ross
    Vermin

  • Jack Purvis
    Wally

  • Ian Holm
    Napoleon

  • John Cleese
    Robin Hood

  • Sean Connery
    King Agamemnon / Fireman

  • Michael Palin
    Vincent

  • Shelley Duvall
    Dame Pansy / Pansy

  • Peter Vaughan
    Winston the Ogre

  • Katherine Helmond
    Mrs. Ogre

  • David Warner
    Evil Genius

  • Ralph Richardson
    Supreme Being

  • Tony Jay
    Supreme Being (voice)

  • David Daker
    Kevin's Father