The Ruling Class
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- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
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.
Keywords
- dark comedy
- delusion
- satire
- great britain
- schizophrenia
- asylum
- based on play or musical
- country estate
- inheritance fight
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 24, 1972
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, English, French, Italian, Latin
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Keep Films
- Cast
- Peter O'Toole,Alastair Sim,Arthur Lowe,Harry Andrews,Coral Browne,Michael Bryant,Nigel Green,William Mervyn,Carolyn Seymour,James Villiersand 28 more
- Director
- Peter Medak
- Writer
- Peter Barnes
- Producer
- Jules Buck,Jack Hawkins
- Cinematography
- Ken Hodges
- Music
- John Cameron
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0069198