Release date:May 24, 1972

Runtime:2h 34m

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The Ruling Class

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Synopsis of "The Ruling Class":

"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."

Director:

Peter Medak

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Language:

English

Cast of "The Ruling Class":

Peter O'Toole ... as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Alastair Sim ... as Bishop Lampton

Arthur Lowe ... as Tucker

Harry Andrews ... as 13th Earl of Gurney

Coral Browne ... as Lady Claire Gurney

Michael Bryant ... as Dr. Herder

Nigel Green ... as McKyle

William Mervyn ... as Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour ... as Grace Shelley

James Villiers ... as Dinsdale

Kay Walsh ... as Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Patsy Byrne ... as Mrs. Treadwell

Graham Crowden ... as Truscott

Hugh Burden ... as Matthew Peake

James Grout ... as Inspector Brockett

James Hazeldine ... as Fraser

Joan Cooper ... as Nurse Brice

Hugh Owens ... as Toastmaster

Henry Woolf ... as Inmate

Griffith Davies ... as Inmate

Oliver MacGreevy ... as Inmate

Neil Kennedy ... as Dr. Herder's Assistant

Cyril Appleton ... as McKyle's Assistant

Leslie Schofield ... as McKyle's Assistant

Declan Mulholland ... as Poacher

Ronald Adam ... as Lord

Julian D'Albie ... as Lord

Llewellyn Rees ... as Lord

Kenneth Benda ... as Lord Chancellor

Ernest Blyth ... as Lord (uncredited)

Terence Conoley ... as Lord (uncredited)

George Hilsdon ... as Lord (uncredited)

Margaret Lacey ... as Midwife (uncredited)

Mike Reynell ... as Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)

Robert Rietti ... as Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Guy Standeven ... as Peer (uncredited)

John Tatham ... as Lord (uncredited)

Fred Wood ... as Corpse (uncredited)

Crew:

Peter Barnes... (Screenplay)

Jack Hawkins... (Producer)

Ken Hodges... (Director of Photography)

Peter Murton... (Production Design)

Jules Buck... (Producer)

Ruth Myers... (Costume Design)

Maude Spector... (Casting)

Ray Lovejoy... (Editor)

David Korda... (Associate Producer)

Bert Batt... (Assistant Director)

Eric Allwright... (Makeup Artist)

Susie Hill... (Hairdresser)

Tim Hampton... (Production Manager)

Peter Barnes... (Theatre Play)

Charles E. Parker... (Makeup Designer)

Ramon Gow... (Hairstylist)

Bill Westley... (Second Assistant Director)

John Cameron... (Original Music Composer)

Robin Gregory... (Sound Mixer)

Content rating:

PG (United States) · 15 (United Kingdom)