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The Crimson Permanent Assurance

- Our Short Feature Presentation

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Release Date : 1983-03-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Monty Python PartnershipCelandine Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

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Cast

Character Name :

Original Name : Sydney Arnold

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Guy Bertrand

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Andrew Bicknell

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ross Davidson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Myrtle Devenish

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bicycle Boy

Original Name : Tim Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Matt Frewer

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Billy John

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Russell Kilmister

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Peter Mantle

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Len Marten

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Peter Merrill

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Cameron Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Larry Noble

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Paddy Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leslie Sarony

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Eric Stovell

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Wally Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gareth Milne

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Scott Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Carrick

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Douglas Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Daly

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Chick Fowles

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Terry Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robin Hewlett

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tommy Isley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Juba Kennerley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Anthony Lang

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Terry Rendell

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ronald Shilling

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Albert Welch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Workman

Original Name : Michael Palin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chairman (uncredited)

Original Name : Graham Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Window Cleaner (uncredited)

Original Name : Terry Gilliam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunther (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Idle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited)

Original Name : Terry Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passerby (uncredited)

Original Name : Nigel Hawthorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passerby (uncredited)

Original Name : Gerald Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Eric Francis

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-31

With an opening straight out of "Ben Hur", the old codgers at the assurance company rebel when one of their number is fired. They consign their new, yuppie, management to the vault - or make them walk the plank. Then cannibalising just about everything from the ceiling fan to the coat hook detach their building from it's m foundations and set off on the voyage of a lifetime. Shiver me timbers, but they're off a-pirating in their eponymous ten-storey vessel. Determined to make waves amidst Mrs Thatcher's newly formed economic policy, they head straight for the gleaming merchant banking centre. Weapons loaded, eye-patches firmly attached (didn't see any parrots) they launch their assault. Perilous thing being a window cleaner! Who will win out? Well it's got a rousing, maritime-style score and loads of swash and buckle as the filing cabinets double for cannon and just about every bit of office furniture becomes a lethal weapon. It's quite good fun with the typical surrealism you'd expect from Gilliam and there's even a message-reinforcing ditty to ram the message home. Possibly a bit long, but enjoyable to watch - right to the end!