- HD 1080
- Runtime: 91m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: en
- Country: Mexico, United States of America
- Director: Carl Gottlieb
- Stars: Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Jack Gilford, Barbara Bach
- keywords: stone age, slapstick comedy, prehistory, dinosaur, cavemen, prehistoric man
- Production_studio: The Turman-Foster Company, Estudios Churubusco Azteca, United Artists
- Slogan: Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it...
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Caveman is featured in the top rankings of 1981
- #35 in Top Comedy Movies of 1981
- #16 in Top Adventure Movies of 1981
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.