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The Ruling Class

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Rating
6.4
StatusReleased
LanguagesDeutschEnglishFrançaisItalianoLatin
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Release Date1972-05-24
Runtime154 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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Peter O'Toole

as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

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Alastair Sim

as Bishop Lampton

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Arthur Lowe

as Tucker

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Harry Andrews

as 13th Earl of Gurney

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Coral Browne

as Lady Claire Gurney

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Michael Bryant

as Dr. Herder

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Nigel Green

as McKyle

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William Mervyn

as Sir Charles Gurney

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Carolyn Seymour

as Grace Shelley

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James Villiers

as Dinsdale

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Kay Walsh

as Mrs. Piggott-Jones

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Patsy Byrne

as Mrs. Treadwell

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Graham Crowden

as Truscott

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Hugh Burden

as Matthew Peake

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James Grout

as Inspector Brockett

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James Hazeldine

as Fraser

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Joan Cooper

as Nurse Brice

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Hugh Owens

as Toastmaster

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Henry Woolf

as Inmate

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Griffith Davies

as Inmate

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Oliver MacGreevy

as Inmate

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Neil Kennedy

as Dr. Herder's Assistant

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Cyril Appleton

as McKyle's Assistant

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Leslie Schofield

as McKyle's Assistant

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Declan Mulholland

as Poacher

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Ronald Adam

as Lord

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Julian D'Albie

as Lord

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Llewellyn Rees

as Lord

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Kenneth Benda

as Lord Chancellor

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Ernest Blyth

as Lord (uncredited)

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Terence Conoley

as Lord (uncredited)

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George Hilsdon

as Lord (uncredited)

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Margaret Lacey

as Midwife (uncredited)

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Mike Reynell

as Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Robert Rietti

as Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

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Guy Standeven

as Peer (uncredited)

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John Tatham

as Lord (uncredited)

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Fred Wood

as Corpse (uncredited)

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