The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class (1972)

Comedy Drama

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.

star 6.4
  • Release Date: 1972-05-24
  • Runtime: 2h 34min
  • Director: Peter Medak

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Peter O'Toole

      Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

    • Alastair Sim

      Bishop Lampton

    • Arthur Lowe

      Tucker

    • Harry Andrews

      13th Earl of Gurney

    • Coral Browne

      Lady Claire Gurney

    • Michael Bryant

      Dr. Herder

    • Nigel Green

      McKyle

    • William Mervyn

      Sir Charles Gurney

    • Carolyn Seymour

      Grace Shelley

    • James Villiers

      Dinsdale

    • Kay Walsh

      Mrs. Piggott-Jones

    • Patsy Byrne

      Mrs. Treadwell

    • Graham Crowden

      Truscott

    • Hugh Burden

      Matthew Peake

    • James Grout

      Inspector Brockett

    • James Hazeldine

      Fraser

    • Joan Cooper

      Nurse Brice

    • Hugh Owens

      Toastmaster

    • Henry Woolf

      Inmate

    • Griffith Davies

      Inmate

    • Oliver MacGreevy

      Inmate

    • Neil Kennedy

      Dr. Herder's Assistant

    • Cyril Appleton

      McKyle's Assistant

    • Leslie Schofield

      McKyle's Assistant

    • Declan Mulholland

      Poacher

    • Ronald Adam

      Lord

    • Julian D'Albie

      Lord

    • Llewellyn Rees

      Lord

    • Kenneth Benda

      Lord Chancellor

    • Ernest Blyth

      Lord (uncredited)

    • Terence Conoley

      Lord (uncredited)

    • George Hilsdon

      Lord (uncredited)

    • Margaret Lacey

      Midwife (uncredited)

    • Mike Reynell

      Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)

    • Robert Rietti

      Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

    • Guy Standeven

      Peer (uncredited)

    • John Tatham

      Lord (uncredited)

    • Fred Wood

      Corpse (uncredited)

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