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Caveman

Caveman

Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it...

19816.51h 31m

Overview

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Directed by Carl Gottlieb
Written by Rudy De Luca, Carl Gottlieb
Produced by Lawrence Turman, David Foster
Box Office0Revenue: $16.0M

Top Cast

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Atouk

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Lar

Shelley Long

Shelley Long

Tala

Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Gog

Barbara Bach

Barbara Bach

Lana

Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

Bork

John Matuszak

John Matuszak

Tonda

Avery Schreiber

Avery Schreiber

Ock

Richard Moll

Richard Moll

Abominable Snowman

Cork Hubbert

Cork Hubbert

Ta

Themes & Keywords

stone ageslapstick comedyprehistorydinosaurcavemenprehistoric mancaveman

About Caveman

Caveman is a comedy, adventure film released in 1981 exploring themes of stone age, slapstick comedy, prehistory, dinosaur, cavemen, prehistoric man. Directed by Carl Gottlieb, it stars Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

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