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The Comic (1969)
Directed by Carl Reiner
Overview
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life’s disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
Rated PG | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Dick Van Dyke | Michele Lee | Mickey Rooney | Cornel Wilde | Nina Wayne | Pert Kelton | Steve Allen | Barbara Heller | Ed Peck | Jeannine Riley | Gavin MacLeod | Jay Novello | Craig Huebing | Paulene Myers | Fritz Feld | Jerome Cowan | Isabel Sanford | Jeff Donnell | Carl Reiner | Howard Dayton | Maurice Dallimore