
The Ruling Class
Director Peter Medak
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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Cast

Ronald Adam
Lord

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

James Hazeldine
Fraser

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

James Grout
Inspector Brockett

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Nigel Green
McKyle

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley