The Ruling Class [30892]
Released: 1972-09-13
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 154 mins
Popularity: 3.5345
Vote Average: 6.4
Vote Count: 85
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 [38]
Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl o
Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton
Arthur Lowe
Tucker
Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gur
Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurn
Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder
Nigel Green
McKyle
William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurn
Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley
James Villiers
Dinsdale
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jon
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell
Graham Crowden
Truscott
Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake
James Grout
Inspector Brocke
James Hazeldine
Fraser
Joan Cooper
Nurse Brice
Hugh Owens
Toastmaster
Henry Woolf
Inmate
Griffith Davies
Inmate
Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate
Neil Kennedy
Dr. Herder's Ass
Cyril Appleton
McKyle's Assista
Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assista
Declan Mulholland
Poacher
Ronald Adam
Lord
Julian D'Albie
Lord
Llewellyn Rees
Lord
Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor
Ernest Blyth
Lord
Terence Conoley
Lord
George Hilsdon
Lord
Margaret Lacey
Midwife
Mike Reynell
Gurney Village P
Robert Rietti
Various Roles
Guy Standeven
Peer
John Tatham
Lord
Fred Wood
Corpse

Trailers
  1. Criterion Trailer 132: The Ruling Class