
The Ruling Class
Comedy Drama
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.
Director Peter Medak
Trailer
Cast

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley

James Hazeldine
Fraser

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

James Grout
Inspector Brockett

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

Ronald Adam
Lord

Nigel Green
McKyle

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate