
143 minutes
2/20/1985
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.

Jonathan Pryce
as Sam Lowry

Robert De Niro
as Harry Tuttle

Katherine Helmond
as Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ian Holm
as Mr. Kurtzmann

Bob Hoskins
as Spoor

Michael Palin
as Jack Lint

Ian Richardson
as Mr. Warrenn

Peter Vaughan
as Mr. Helpmann

Kim Greist
as Jill Layton

Jim Broadbent
as Dr. Jaffe

Barbara Hicks
as Mrs. Alma Terrain

Charles McKeown
as Lime

Derrick O'Connor
as Dowser

Kathryn Pogson
as Shirley

Bryan Pringle
as Spiro

Sheila Reid
as Mrs. Buttle

John Flanagan
as T.V. Interviewer / Salesman

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Priest
John Pierce Jones
as Basement Guard

Nigel Planer
as Charlie--Dept. of Works

Terence Bayler
as T.V. Commercial Presenter

Gorden Kaye
as M.O.I. Lobby Porter

Jack Purvis
as Dr. Chapman

Howard Lew Lewis
as Black Maria Guard

Ray Cooper
as Technician

Brian Miller
as Mr. Buttle

Simon Jones
as Arrest Official

Derek Deadman
as Bill - Dept. of Works

Bill Wallis
as Bespectacled Lurker
Myrtle Devenish
as Typist in Jack's Office
Ann Way
as Old Lady with Dog

Don Henderson
as First 'Black Maria' Guard

Oscar Quitak
as Interview Official

Harold Innocent
as Interview Official

John Grillo
as Interview Official

Ralph Nossek
as Interview Official

David Gant
as Interview Official
James Coyle
as Interview Official
Patrick Connor
as Cell Guard
Elizabeth Spender
as Alison / 'Barbara' Lint
Russell Keith Grant
as Young Gallant at Funeral

Terry Gilliam
as Smoking Man (uncredited)