| Ruling Class, The - The Criterion Collection | |||||
| Criterion (1972) | |||||
| Comedy, Musical | |||||
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| Peter O'Toole | Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney - 14th Earl of Gurney | |
| Coral Browne | Lady Claire Gurney | |
| Carolyn Seymour | Grace Shelley | |
| Harry Andrews | Ralph Gurney - 13th Earl of Gurney | |
| James Villiers | Dinsdale Gurney | |
| Arthur Lowe | Daniel Tucker | |
| Graham Crowden | Truscott | |
| Nigel Green | McKyle | |
| Alastair Sim | Bishop Bertie Lampton | |
| Michael Bryant | Dr. Herder | |
| William Mervyn | Sir Charles Gurney | |
| Hugh Burden | Matthew Peake | |
| Kay Walsh | Mrs. Piggot-Jones | |
| Patsy Byrne | Mrs. Treadwell | |
| Joan Cooper | Nurse Brice |
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| Producer | Jack Hawkins
Jules Buck David Korda |
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| Writer | Peter Barnes
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| Cinematography | Ken Hodges
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| Musician | John Cameron
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Peter O'Toole gives a tour de force performance as Jack, a man "cured" of believing he's God - only to become Jack the Ripper incarnate. Based on Peter Barnes' irreverent play, this darkly comic indictment of Britain's class system peers behind the closed doors of English aristocracy. Insanity, sadistic sarcasm, and black comedy - with just a touch of the Hollywood musical - are all featured in this beloved cult classic directed by Peter Medak. |
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