The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Our Short Feature Presentation
1983 | 16m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Terry Gilliam |
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| Writer: | Terry Gilliam |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Mar 31, 1983 |
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| Director: | Terry Gilliam |
| Writer: | Terry Gilliam |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure |
| Keywords | skyscraper, finances, short film |
| Production Companies | Celandine Films, The Monty Python Partnership |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 14, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sydney Arnold | |
| Guy Bertrand | |
| Andrew Bicknell | |
| Ross Davidson | |
| Myrtle Devenish | |
| Tim Douglas | Bicycle Boy |
| Matt Frewer | |
| Billy John | |
| Russell Kilmister | |
| Peter Mantle | |
| Len Marten | |
| Peter Merrill | |
| Larry Noble | |
| Paddy Ryan | |
| Leslie Sarony | |
| Eric Stovell | |
| Wally Thomas | |
| Gareth Milne | |
| John Scott Martin | |
| Jack Armstrong | |
| Robert Carrick | |
| Douglas Cooper | |
| George Daly | |
| Chick Fowles | |
| Terry Grant | |
| Robin Hewlett | |
| Tommy Isley | |
| Juba Kennerley | |
| Anthony Lang | |
| John Murphy | |
| Terry Rendell | |
| Ronald Shilling | |
| Albert Welch | |
| Michael Palin | Workman |
| Graham Chapman | Chairman (uncredited) |
| Terry Gilliam | Window Cleaner (uncredited) |
| Eric Idle | Gunther (uncredited) |
| Terry Jones | Window Cleaner / Bert (uncredited) |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Gerald Paris | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Eric Francis | |
| Cameron Miller |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terry Gilliam | Screenplay, Director |
| John Beard | Art Direction |
| Elaine Carew | Makeup Artist |
| Maureen Stephenson | Hairdresser |
| Sallie Evans | Hairdresser |
| Joyce Stoneman | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Gary White | First Assistant Director |
| Jonathan Benson | First Assistant Director |
| Patricia Carr | Production Assistant |
| Bobby Wright | Second Assistant Director |
| Matthew Binns | Second Assistant Director |
| Derek Harrington | Third Assistant Director |
| Paul Taylor | Third Assistant Director |
| John Ignatius | Focus Puller |
| Mark Cridlin | Clapper Loader |
| Sue Knight | Clapper Loader |
| Tony Cridlin | Grip |
| Malcolm Smith | Grip |
| Roy Rodhouse | Gaffer |
| Reg Parsons | Best Boy Electrician |
| John Clark | Electrician |
| Geo J. White | Electrician |
| Toby Tyler | Electrician |
| Debbie Kaplan | Sound |
| Clive Coote | Still Photographer |
| Michael Beard | Modeling |
| Peter Pullen | Modeling |
| Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| John Du Prez | Music |
| Maggie Jones | Continuity |
| William Hobbs | Fight Choreographer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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 th ... eir 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!