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The Great Muppet Caper

1981 film directed by Jim Henson
Movie film Q1218526
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Summary

The Great Muppet Caper is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,088 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jim Henson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jack Rose[4], Jerry Juhl[5]
  • Composer: Joe Raposo[6]
  • Genre: musical film[7], heist film[8], mystery film[9], comedy film[10]
  • Follows: The Muppet Movie[11]
  • Followed by: The Muppets Take Manhattan[12]
  • Cast member: Charles Grodin[13], Diana Rigg[14], Jack Warden[15], Robert Morley[16], John Cleese[17], Peter Falk[18]
  • Producer: Frank Oz[19], Martin Starger[20]
  • Performer: The Muppets[21]
  • Part of the series: The Muppets[22]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[23]
  • Director of photography: Oswald Morris[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 6.5/10[27], 70/100[28], 78%[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[31], United States[32]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1981[33]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[34], Netflix[35], Fandango at Home[36], Disney+[37]
  • Narrative location: London[38]
  • Official website: http://muppets.disney.com/the-great-muppet-caper[39]
  • Filming location: London[40]
  • Film editor: Ralph Kemplen[41]
  • Title: The Great Muppet Caper[42]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[43]

Why It Matters

The Great Muppet Caper has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Charles Grodin Diana Rigg film Frank Oz Jack Warden Jim Henson John Cleese London Netflix Peter Falk Robert Morley United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko',
    Ampas collections film id → W088441
    Followed by → The Muppets Take Manhattan
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W088441, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 19d ago · ערן · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → The Muppet Movie
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Follows: The Muppet Movie, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/c24e7265e03e|details]])"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1981 film directed by Jim Henson
    P14821 → 82474
    Soundtrack collector title id → 26913
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 82474, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Jack Rose, Jerry Juhl
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+93'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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