Film

Spaceballs

1987 · 1h 36m · Comedy · Science Fiction

May the schwartz be with you.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

53%

Metacritic

46

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

Mel Brooks

President Skroob / Yogurt

John Candy

Barf

Rick Moranis

Dark Helmet

Bill Pullman

Lone Starr

Daphne Zuniga

Princess Vespa

Dick Van Patten

King Roland

George Wyner

Colonel Sandurz

Michael Winslow

Radar Technician

Joan Rivers

Dot Matrix (voice)

Lorene Yarnell Jansson

Dot Matrix

John Hurt

John Hurt

Sal Viscuso

Radio Operator

Ronny Graham

Minister

Jim J. Bullock

Prince Valium

Leslie Bevis

Commanderette Zircon

Jim Jackman

Major Asshole

• Mel BrooksDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Thomas MeehanScreenplay
• Ronny GrahamScreenplay
• Nick McLeanDirector of Photography
• John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
• Conrad Buff IVEditor
• Bill ShepardCasting
• David RubinCasting
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Original TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

June 24, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG

Budget

$22,700,000

Revenue

$38,120,460

Genres

Comedy, Science Fiction

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