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- BFI identifier43550
- Date1972 (Copyright)
1973-04-08 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisBased on the play by Peter Barnes, the film tells of the rise to the House of Lords of the allegedly insane 14th Earl of Gurney, who believed himself to be Jesus Christ, and whose unamused family wants to get him back to the asylum and get their hands back on the estate he had inherited. (Synopsis)
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- Credits
- CastPeter O'Toole (Jack, 14th Earl of Gurney)
Harry Andrews (13th Earl of Gurney)
Coral Browne (Lady Claire Gurney)
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Title
The Ruling Class (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/C2CF-B92B-0B18-C583-E78F-FCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
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- Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-3709
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-22586
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Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-t8w
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Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-a47
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Work - 43550 - 1972 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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