
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

James Hazeldine
Fraser

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Ronald Adam
Lord

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

Nigel Green
McKyle

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley

James Grout
Inspector Brockett