History of the World: Part I
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Comedy
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Brooksfilms
Mel Brooks as Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI, Dom DeLuise as Emperor Nero, Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho, Harvey Korman as Count de Monet, Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge, Ron Carey as Swiftus, Gregory Hines as Josephus, Pamela Stephenson as Mademoiselle Rimbaud, Shecky Greene as Marcus Vindictus, Sid Caesar as Chief Caveman, Mary-Margaret Humes as Miriam, Orson Welles as Narrator, Rudy De Luca as Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire, Leigh French as Prehistoric Woman, Richard Karron as Prehistoric Man, Susette Carroll as Prehistoric Man, Sammy Shore as Prehistoric Man, J.J. Barry as Prehistoric Man, Earl Finn as Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire, Suzanne Kent as Prehistoric Man, Michael Champion as Prehistoric Man, Howard Morris as Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire, Charlie Callas as Soothsayer - The Roman Empire, Dena Dietrich as Competence - The Roman Empire, Paul Mazursky as Roman Officer - The Roman Empire, Ron Clark as Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire, Jack Riley as Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire, Art Metrano as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire, Diane Day as Caladonia - The Roman Empire, Henny Youngman as Chemist - The Roman Empire, Hunter von Leer as Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire, Fritz Feld as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire, Hugh M. Hefner as Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire, Pat McCormick as Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire, Barry Levinson as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire, Johnny Silver as Small Liar - The Roman Empire, John Hurt as Jesus - The Roman Empire, Fiona Richmond as Queen - The French Revolution, Nigel Hawthorne as Citizen Official - The French Revolution, Bea Arthur as Dole office clerk (uncredited)