--- title: 'Wholly Moses! (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Gary Weis' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 103 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wholly-moses-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081751/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Wholly Moses! (1980) 1980 · 103 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Wholly Moses! is a 1980 American Biblical spoof film written by Guy Thomas and directed by Gary Weis. Dudley Moore plays Old Testament-era idol maker Herschel, whose life and adventures seem to parallel that of the more famous Moses, all the while being misled to think he is the prophet of God. The film also stars Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand, Jack Gilford, Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, David Lander, Richard Pryor, and John Ritter. ## Credits - **Director:** [Gary Weis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-weis) - **Screenplay:** [Guy Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-thomas) - **Original Music Composer:** [Patrick Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-williams) - **Producer:** [Freddie Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-fields) - **Director of Photography:** [Frank Stanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-stanley) - **Editor:** [Sidney Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-levin) ## Cast - [Dudley Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-moore) - [Richard Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pryor) - [Paul Sand](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sand) - [Jack Gilford](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gilford) - [John Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ritter) - [Richard B. Shull](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-b-shull) - [Laraine Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-newman) - [David Lander](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lander) - [Madeline Kahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeline-kahn) - [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise) - [John Houseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-houseman) - [James Coco](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-coco) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/wholly-moses-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1678196); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.