The Comic (1969)

6.1/10 • 95 min • Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Dick Van Dyke

Michele Lee

Mickey Rooney

Cornel Wilde

Nina Wayne

Pert Kelton

Steve Allen

Barbara Heller

Ed Peck

Edwin G. Englehardt

Jeannine Riley

Gavin MacLeod

Jay Novello

Paulene Myers

Fritz Feld

Jerome Cowan

Isabel Sanford

Jeff Donnell

Carl Reiner

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