The Comic (1969)
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
94 min
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
- Release date
- November 19, 1969
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dick Van Dyke as William Simon aka Billy Bright
- Michele Lee as Mary Gibson
- Mickey Rooney as Martin 'Cockeye' Van Buren
- Cornel Wilde as Frank Powers
- Nina Wayne as Sybil Atlas
- Pert Kelton as Mama Bell
- Steve Allen as Steve Allen
- Barbara Heller as Ginger
- Ed Peck as Edwin G. Englehardt
- Jeannine Riley as Lorraine Margaret Bell
Crew
- Carl Reiner · Director
- Carl Reiner · Writer
- Aaron Ruben · Writer
- Carl Reiner · Producer
- Aaron Ruben · Producer
- Jack Elliott · Composer
- W. Wallace Kelley · Cinematographer
- Adrienne Fazan · Editor
- Walter M. Simonds · Production designer