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The Ruling Class
1972, Sep 13
2h 34m
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
Directed by
Peter Medak
Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Jack Hawkins
Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton
Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley
James Hazeldine
Fraser
Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney
Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant
James Grout
Inspector Brockett
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell
Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Graham Crowden
Truscott
Nigel Green
McKyle
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones
Llewellyn Rees
Lord
James Villiers
Dinsdale
William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney
Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney
Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor
Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)
Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate
Arthur Lowe
Tucker
Ronald Adam
Lord
Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake
Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder
Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)
Henry Woolf
Inmate
Joan Cooper
Nurse Brice
Hugh Owens
Toastmaster
Griffith Davies
Inmate
Neil Kennedy
Dr. Herder's Assistant
Cyril Appleton
McKyle's Assistant
Declan Mulholland
Poacher
Julian D'Albie
Lord
Ernest Blyth
Lord (uncredited)
Terence Conoley
Lord (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Lord (uncredited)
Mike Reynell
Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)
John Tatham
Lord (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Corpse (uncredited)
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