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- Peter O'TooleJack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
- Alastair SimBishop Lampton
- Harry Andrews13th Earl of Gurney
- Arthur LoweDaniel Tucker
- Vincent PriceLady Claire Gurney
- Michael BryantDr. Herder
- Nigel GreenMcKyle
- William MervynSir Charles Gurney
- Carolyn SeymourGrace Shelley
James VilliersDinsdale- Henry WoolfInmate
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The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film. It is an adaptation of Peter Barnes' satirical 1968 stage play The Ruling Class, which tells the story of a paranoid schizophrenic British nobleman (played by Peter O'Toole) who inherits a peerage.
Sep 15, 1972 · The Ruling Class: Directed by Peter Medak. With Hugh Owens, Harry Andrews, Arthur Lowe, William Mervyn. A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ.
Jack Hawkins. Jules Buck. Tim Hampton. John Cameron. Robin Gregory. Peter Barnes. 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 ...
Credits. Peter O’Toole gives a tour-de-force performance as Jack, a man “cured” of believing he’s God—only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate. Based on Peter Barnes's irreverent play, this darkly comic indictment of Britain’s class system peers behind the closed doors of English aristocracy.
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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.
