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The Ruling class
Title
The Ruling class / Keep Films, Ltd.
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by Water Bearer Films, 1996.
Physical Description
1 videocassette (142 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Notes
"WBF 8080."
From the play by Peter Barnes.
Videocassette release of the 1972 motion picture by Keep Films, Ltd.
"Full length version never before available in the United States"--Container.
Times differ: Container has 142 mins. ; cassette label has 138:28.
Director, Peter Medak ; producers, Jules Buck, Jack Hawkins ; screenplay, Peter Barnes ; music, John Cameron.
Summary
Devastating satire on the British upper classes stars Peter O'Toole as the 14th Earl of Gurney fresh from an insane asylum to claim his inheritance. Jack Gurney's mad goodness - he believes himself to be Jesus Christ - is contrasted with the rest of the family's sane evil. He finally is "cured" and becomes a blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the House of Lords.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 25, 2017
Credits
Director, Peter Medak ; producers, Jules Buck, Jack Hawkins ; screenplay, Peter Barnes ; music, John Cameron.
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Michael Bryant, Graham Crowden, Nigel Green, William Mervyn, Carolyn Seymour, James Villiers.
System details note
VHS format.
Videorecording number
WBF 8080 Water Bearer Films
Genre/Form
Video tapes.
Also listed under
Keep Films, Ltd.
Water Bearer Films (Firm)
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