Film

Time Bandits

1981 · 1h 56m · Family · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

79

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.

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

• Terry GilliamWriter · Director · Producer
• Michael PalinWriter
• Denis O'BrienExecutive Producer
• George HarrisonExecutive Producer
• Peter BiziouDirector of Photography
• Mike MoranOriginal Music Composer
• Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
• Julian DoyleEditor
• Irene LambCasting

Official TrailerTime Bandits ≣ 1981 ≣ Trailer #1Time Bandits (1981) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

July 13, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$42,365,581

Genres

Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy

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