The Ruling Class (1972)
154 min
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.
- Release date
- May 24, 1972
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Peter O'Toole as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
- Alastair Sim as Bishop Lampton
- Arthur Lowe as Tucker
- Harry Andrews as 13th Earl of Gurney
- Coral Browne as Lady Claire Gurney
- Michael Bryant as Dr. Herder
- Nigel Green as McKyle
- William Mervyn as Sir Charles Gurney
- Carolyn Seymour as Grace Shelley
- James Villiers as Dinsdale
- Kay Walsh as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
- Patsy Byrne as Mrs. Treadwell
- Graham Crowden as Truscott
- Hugh Burden as Matthew Peake
- James Grout as Inspector Brockett
- James Hazeldine as Fraser
- Henry Woolf as Inmate
- Griffith Davies as Inmate
- Oliver MacGreevy as Inmate
- Neil Kennedy as Dr. Herder's Assistant
- Leslie Schofield as McKyle's Assistant
- Declan Mulholland as Poacher
- Ronald Adam as Lord
- Julian D'Albie as Lord
- Llewellyn Rees as Lord
- Kenneth Benda as Lord Chancellor
- Ernest Blyth as Lord (uncredited)
- Hugh Owens as Toastmaster
Crew
- Peter Medak · Director
- Peter Barnes · Writer
- Jules Buck · Producer
- Jack Hawkins · Producer
- John Cameron · Composer
- Ken Hodges · Cinematographer
- Ray Lovejoy · Editor
- Maude Spector · Casting director
- Peter Murton · Production designer