The Ruling Class

6.4

1972-09-13

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.

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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.

Released

1972-09-13

Runtime

154

Director

Peter Medak

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Revenue

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Comedy

Drama

Language

Deutsch

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Keep Films

The Ruling Class

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Peter O'Toole

Alastair Sim

Arthur Lowe

Harry Andrews

Coral Browne

Michael Bryant

Nigel Green

William Mervyn

Carolyn Seymour

James Villiers

Kay Walsh

Patsy Byrne

Graham Crowden

Hugh Burden

James Grout

James Hazeldine

Joan Cooper

Hugh Owens

Henry Woolf

Griffith Davies

Oliver MacGreevy

Neil Kennedy

Cyril Appleton

Leslie Schofield

Declan Mulholland

Ronald Adam

Julian D'Albie

Llewellyn Rees

Kenneth Benda

Ernest Blyth

Terence Conoley

George Hilsdon

Margaret Lacey

Mike Reynell

Robert Rietti

Guy Standeven

John Tatham

Fred Wood