The Ruling Class
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.
1972-05-24
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Cast
Director
Peter Medak
Peter O'Toole as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Alastair Sim as Bishop Lampton
Arthur Lowe as Tucker
Harry Andrews as 13th Earl of Gurney
Coral Browne as Lady Claire Gurney
Michael Bryant as Dr. Herder
Nigel Green as McKyle
William Mervyn as Sir Charles Gurney
Carolyn Seymour as Grace Shelley
James Villiers as Dinsdale
Kay Walsh as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
Patsy Byrne as Mrs. Treadwell
Graham Crowden as Truscott
Hugh Burden as Matthew Peake
James Grout as Inspector Brockett
James Hazeldine as Fraser
Henry Woolf as Inmate
Oliver MacGreevy as Inmate
Leslie Schofield as McKyle's Assistant
Ronald Adam as Lord
Llewellyn Rees as Lord
Kenneth Benda as Lord Chancellor
Margaret Lacey as Midwife (uncredited)
Robert Rietti as Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Guy Standeven as Peer (uncredited)