The Comic

The Comic (1969)

A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!

Comedy Drama

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.

star 5.9
  • Release Date: 1969-11-19
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Director: Carl Reiner

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Trailer

Cast

  • Dick Van Dyke

    Billy Bright

  • Michele Lee

    Mary Gibson

  • Mickey Rooney

    Cockeye

  • Cornel Wilde

    Frank Powers

  • Nina Wayne

    Sybil Atlas

  • Pert Kelton

    Mama Bell

  • Steve Allen

    Steve Allen

  • Barbara Heller

    Ginger

  • Ed Peck

    Edwin G. Englehardt

  • Jeannine Riley

    Lorraine Bell

  • Gavin MacLeod

    1st Director

  • Jay Novello

    Miguel

  • Craig Huebing

    Doctor

  • Paulene Myers

    Phoebe

  • Fritz Feld

    Armand

  • Jerome Cowan

    Lawrence

  • Isabel Sanford

    Woman

  • Jeff Donnell

    Nurse

  • Carl Reiner

    Al Schilling

  • Howard Dayton

    Ketchup Man

  • Maurice Dallimore

    Lord Faversham

  • Mantan Moreland

    Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

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