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)