
The Ruling Class
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
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Cast

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Ronald Adam
Lord

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Nigel Green
McKyle

James Grout
Inspector Brockett

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

James Hazeldine
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