"Rats on a stick, only a farthing.'
Medieval England and the hapless Dennis (Michael Palin) is in love with Griselda Fishfinger (Annette Badland), who bearly knows he exists. To woo her he decides to make his fortune in the city, if they will let him in. Meanwhile the land is being devastated by a monster, and the king has decreed that a tournament will be held to find a champion good enough to sleigh the dragon.
A transitional film for Gilliam, which maintains much of the atmosphere of Monty Python's Holy Grail, whilst being less episodic, and less funny! Monty, but without the Python as it were. Still it contains more than a enough laughs compared to many films.
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