Film

Wholly Moses

1980 · 1h 43m · Comedy

The story of Herschel. He wanted to be Moses...but he didn't have the right connections.

IMDb

4.7

Rotten Tomatoes

13%

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.

Dudley Moore

Harvey Orchid / Herschel

Laraine Newman

Zoey / Zerelda

James Coco

Hyssop

Paul Sand

God's Angel

Jack Gilford

Tailor

Dom DeLuise

Shadrach

John Houseman

The Archangel

Madeline Kahn

The Witch

David L. Lander

The Beggar

Richard Pryor

Pharaoh

John Ritter

Satan (The Devil)

Richard B. Shull

Jethro

William Watson

Bandit

Tanya Boyd

Princess

Sam Weisman

Talent Coordinator

Jeffrey Jacquet

Young Pharaoh

• Gary WeisDirector
• Guy ThomasWriter
• Freddie FieldsProducer
• David BegelmanExecutive Producer
• Frank StanleyDirector of Photography
• Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Sidney LevinEditor
• Toni HowardCasting
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

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Release date

June 13, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Revenue

$14,155,617

Genres

Comedy

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