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Released
1981 · FILM

Caveman

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

Directed by
Runtime
91 min
ComedyRomance
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Atouk is disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man. As he travels, he gathers other misfits and begins to learn about the world beyond his cave. Eventually, along with his friends Lar and Tala, he discovers the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and methods to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Gene Fowler JrShot by Alan HumeScored by Lalo SchifrinDesigned by Philip M Jefferies

Box Office

1981 · Box office

Grossed $16.0M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$16.0M

Worldwide gross$16.0M

Also known as

  • Caveman - Der aus der Höhle kamde
  • El cavernícolaes
  • L'Homme des cavernesfr
  • Il cavernicoloit

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