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The Ruling Class

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 |2h 34m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Peter O'Toole

Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

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Alastair Sim

Bishop Lampton

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Arthur Lowe

Tucker

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Harry Andrews

13th Earl of Gurney

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Coral Browne

Lady Claire Gurney

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Michael Bryant

Dr. Herder

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Nigel Green

McKyle

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William Mervyn

Sir Charles Gurney

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Carolyn Seymour

Grace Shelley

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James Villiers

Dinsdale

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Kay Walsh

Mrs. Piggott-Jones

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Patsy Byrne

Mrs. Treadwell

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Graham Crowden

Truscott

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Hugh Burden

Matthew Peake

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James Grout

Inspector Brockett

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James Hazeldine

Fraser

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Henry Woolf

Inmate

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Oliver MacGreevy

Inmate

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Leslie Schofield

McKyle's Assistant

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Ronald Adam

Lord

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Llewellyn Rees

Lord

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Kenneth Benda

Lord Chancellor

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Margaret Lacey

Midwife (uncredited)

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Robert Rietti

Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

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Guy Standeven

Peer (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

German, English, French, Italian, Latin

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