The Ruling Class

6.4

154 minutes

5/24/1972

Overview

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 List

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
Joan Cooper
as Nurse Brice
Hugh Owens
as Toastmaster
Henry Woolf
as Inmate
Griffith Davies
as Inmate
Oliver MacGreevy
as Inmate
Neil Kennedy
as Dr. Herder's Assistant
Cyril Appleton
as McKyle'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)
Terence Conoley
as Lord (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
as Lord (uncredited)
Margaret Lacey
as Midwife (uncredited)
Mike Reynell
as Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
as Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as Peer (uncredited)
John Tatham
as Lord (uncredited)
Fred Wood
as Corpse (uncredited)