The Ruling Class (1972)

6.4/10 • 154 min • Comedy Drama

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.

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

Henry Woolf

Inmate

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