
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

Graham Crowden
Truscott

Ronald Adam
Lord

Michael Bryant
Dr. Herder

Nigel Green
McKyle

James Villiers
Dinsdale

Hugh Burden
Matthew Peake

James Grout
Inspector Brockett

Oliver MacGreevy
Inmate

Kenneth Benda
Lord Chancellor

Harry Andrews
13th Earl of Gurney

Henry Woolf
Inmate

Coral Browne
Lady Claire Gurney

Guy Standeven
Peer (uncredited)

James Hazeldine
Fraser

Leslie Schofield
McKyle's Assistant

Llewellyn Rees
Lord

William Mervyn
Sir Charles Gurney

Carolyn Seymour
Grace Shelley

Kay Walsh
Mrs. Piggott-Jones

Robert Rietti
Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Peter O'Toole
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Arthur Lowe
Tucker

Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Treadwell

Margaret Lacey
Midwife (uncredited)

Alastair Sim
Bishop Lampton