Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy
Release Year: 1971
Country: UK
Runtime: 94
Rating: 6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Bob Kellett
Sound: Mono
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Writing by: Sid Colin - writer
Ray Galton - writer
Alan Simpson - writer

Produced by: Terry Glinwood - producer
Ned Sherrin - producer
Beryl Vertue - executive producer

Cast: Frankie Howerd - Lurkalot / Richard the Lionheart
Graham Crowden - Sir Coward de Custard
Bill Fraser - Sir Braggart de Bombast
Roy Hudd - Nick the Pick
Hugh Paddick - Robin Hood
Anna Quayle - Lady Ashfodel
Eartha Kitt - Scheherazade
Royce Mills - Knotweed
Anne Aston - Lobelia
Lance Percival - Reporter
Godfrey Winn - Archbishop of all England

Music: Carl Davis
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Plot Outline: The Queen of England gives birth to twins. In order to protect the blood line one is kept and the other…
Plot: The Queen of England gives birth to twins. In order to protect the blood line one is kept and the other hidden in a pig style and is raised to think its mother is the pig. Lurkalot is the one raised by pigs who doesnt know his past. He makes a good living as a servant, selling chastity belts on the side. When his masters castle is lost to Sir Braggart de Bombast, Lurkalot must fight to protect his daughter, eventually travelling to the missions to bring back his master. On the mission he uncovers that his twin is Richard the Lionheart and he is of Royal stock and must bring them both back.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
For the U.S. version releaed by American International under the title “Destroy All Planets,” director Noriaki Yuasas name is listed on screen as “Kenji Yuasa.”

Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: The Ark hardly seemed large enough to hold Noah and his family, let alone 2 of every animal.

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Ranked ninth best movie in 1936 in the Film Daily annual poll of critics. The film was banned in many countries.
• Recreated on the radio on “Cavalcade of America” in 1940 and 1941, both times featuring Juano Hernandez as De Lawd.