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Yellowbeard (1983) -- A 17th-century pirate in search of treasure.  He's accompanied by his son, who has the location of the treasure tattooed on his head.  It is a parody on the pirate movies of earlier days.

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5.7/10   3,308 votes
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Writers:
Graham Chapman (writer)
Peter Cook (writer)
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Release Date:
24 June 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
The greatest comedy cast ever assembled for a movie! Everyone who's ever been funny!!! [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
Yellowbeard, a pirate's pirate, is allowed to escape from prison to lead the authorities to his treasure... more | add synopsis
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Great writing and All star cast more (59 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Graham Chapman ... Captain Yellowbeard / de: Dotterbart

Peter Boyle ... Moon

Cheech Marin ... El Segundo (as Richard 'Cheech' Marin)

Tommy Chong ... El Nebuloso
Peter Cook ... Lord Percy Lambourn
Marty Feldman ... Gilbert
Martin Hewitt ... Dan
Michael Hordern ... Dr. Gilpin

Eric Idle ... Commander Clement

Madeline Kahn ... Betty

James Mason ... Captain Hughes

John Cleese ... Harvey 'Blind' Pew
Kenneth Mars ... Mr. Crisp and Verdugo
Spike Milligan ... Flunkie
Stacey Nelkin ... Triola (as Stacey Nelkin)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Barbagialla, il terrore dei sette mari e mezzo (Italy) [it]
Barbarrubia (Argentina) [es]
Barbe d'or et les pirates (France) [fr]
Kapitän Dotterbart (West Germany) [de]
Kapteeni Keltaparta (Finland) [fi]
Kapten Gulskägg, havets fasa (Sweden) [sv]
Los desmadrados piratas de Barba Amarilla (Spain) [es]
Monty Python auf hoher See (West Germany) [de]
O Incrível Barba Amarela (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]
O Pirata da Barba Amarela (Brazil) [pt]
Zóltobrody (Poland) [pl]
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96 min | Argentina:101 min
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Trivia:
The final film of Peter Bull. more
Quotes:
Dan: Everyone will be following you and if they catch you they'll have the map.
Yellowbeard: Bugger them! I'll eat it first. Won't be the first head I've eaten.
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Referenced in What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV) more

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Great writing and All star cast, 4 April 2006
9/10
Author: toronto_bill from Canada

Yellowbeard is a rousing comedy about a pirate called Yellow beard who is searching for his treasure.

The cast is a who's who of British comedy icons, along with Cheech and Chong of America.

The writing is very much like the style of Monty Python. Many of Python's member's are in it. Not least of which is Graham Chapman in the starring role as Yellowbeard. Eric Idle and John Cleese also play roles. If you look hard you can see David Bowie in a bit role. Cheech and Chong have quite amusing sequences. As does Marty Feldman, and one of the best Madeleine Khan.

Hard to find....see it if you can.

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