

The Ruling Class
2 hours 34 minutes1972-09-13
6.4
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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. 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
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

Nigel Green
McKyle

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

James Grout
Inspector Brockett

James Hazeldine
Fraser

Joan Cooper
Nurse Brice

Hugh Owens
Toastmaster

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Griffith Davies
Inmate

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate

Neil Kennedy
Dr. Herder's Assistant

Cyril Appleton
McKyle's Assistant

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Declan Mulholland
Poacher

Ronald Adam
Lord

Julian D'Albie
Lord

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

Ernest Blyth
Lord (uncredited)

Terence Conoley
Lord (uncredited)

George Hilsdon
Lord (uncredited)

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Mike Reynell
Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

John Tatham
Lord (uncredited)
