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An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Theatrical
Jun 12, 1981
Box Office
$31.7M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
3.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 28, 1999
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Studio
Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox
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Cast
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Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
D
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
M
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
H
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
C
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
R
Ron Carey
Swiftus
G
Gregory Hines
Josephus
P
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
S
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
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Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
M
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
O
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
R
Rudy De Luca
Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire
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Leigh French
Prehistoric Woman
R
Richard Karron
Prehistoric Man
S
Susette Carroll
Prehistoric Man
S
Sammy Shore
Prehistoric Man
J
J.J. Barry
Prehistoric Man
E
Earl Finn
Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire
S
Suzanne Kent
Prehistoric Man
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IN MEL WE TRVST
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Universal Offense for All Audiences
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A little something to offend everyone...
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