The Ruling Class
- Released on
- Runtime
- 154 mins
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.
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
- Alastair Sim
- Arthur Lowe
- Harry Andrews
- Coral Browne
- Michael Bryant
- Nigel Green
- William Mervyn
- Carolyn Seymour
- James Villiers
- Kay Walsh
- Patsy Byrne
- Graham Crowden
- Hugh Burden
- James Grout
- James Hazeldine
- Joan Cooper
- Hugh Owens
- Henry Woolf
- Griffith Davies
- Oliver MacGreevy
- Neil Kennedy
- Cyril Appleton
- Leslie Schofield
- Declan Mulholland
- Ronald Adam
- Julian D'Albie
- Llewellyn Rees
- Kenneth Benda
- Ernest Blyth
- Terence Conoley
- George Hilsdon
- Margaret Lacey
- Mike Reynell
- Robert Rietti
- Guy Standeven
- John Tatham
- Fred Wood
Director
- Peter Medak
Producers
- Jules Buck
- Jack Hawkins
Screenwriter
- Peter Barnes
