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The Ruling Class (1972)
Directed by Peter Medak
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.
Rated PG | Length 154 minutes
Actors
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 | Lewis Alexander | Ernest Blyth | Terence Conoley | George Hilsdon | Margaret Lacey | Mike Reynell | Robert Rietti | Guy Standeven | John Tatham | Fred Wood