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The High Crusade(1994)
Status: Released
Date: 1994-06-02
49%
18 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
...because a heathen is a heathen.
Overview:
A Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an alien ship and the alien to pilot it. Armed with the means to conquer the Holy Land, the naive Crusaders set off on a grand crusade, only to find themselves not in Jerusalem, but at the mercy of an entire alien world.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Centropolis Film Productions
Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
Movie: The High Crusade
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Rhys-Davies
Bruder Parvus
Rick Overton
Sir Roger
Michael Des Barres
Monsieur du Lac
Debbie Lee Carrington
Branithar
Rinaldo Talamonti
Alien Chief
Ray Cokes
Messenger
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Overview
A Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find themselves in possession of an alien ship and the alien to pilot it. Armed with the means to conquer the Holy Land, the naive Crusaders set off on a grand crusade, only to find themselves not in Jerusalem, but at the mercy of an entire alien world.
Release Date
1994-06-02
Average
4.9
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
...because a heathen is a heathen.
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