The Ruling Class

1972
2 hr 34 min
6.4 (91)
Released

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.

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Description

Release Date

1972
Runtime

2 hr 34 min
Language

en
Rating

6.4 (91)

Genres

Comedy Drama
Director

Peter Medak
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