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    • The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film. It is an adaptation of Peter Barnes' satirical 1968 stage play The Ruling Class, which tells the story of a paranoid schizophrenic British nobleman (played by Peter O'Toole) who inherits a peerage. The film co-stars Alastair Sim, William Mervyn, Coral Browne, Harry Andrews, Carolyn Seymour, James Villier… See more

    Release dateSeptember 15, 1972 (USA)
    Content ratingPG
    GenreComedy · Drama · Musical
    Directed byPeter Medak
    Plot

    Following the death from accidental asphyxiation of Ralph Gurney, 13th Earl of Gurney, Jack Gurney becomes the 14th Earl of Gurney. Jack, a paranoid schizophrenic, thinks he is Jesus Christ and shocks his … See more

    Cast

    • Peter O'Toole – Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
    • Coral Browne – Lady Claire
    • William Mervyn – Sir Charles
    • James Villiers – Dinsdale, Sir Charles and Lady Claire's son… See more

    Production

    O'Toole held the rights to Barnes's play; Peter Medak approached O'Toole repeatedly about exercising those rights. According to Medak, the project got started one night that he and O'Toole were returning fr… See more

    Reception

    The film divided critics. The New York Times described it as "fantastic fun" and Variety called it "brilliantly caustic", but the Los Angeles Times called it "snail-slow, shrill and gesticulating" and Newsweek said it was a "sl… See more

    Awards and nominations

    • 1972 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures - Won NBR Award (Best Actor) - Peter O'Toole
    • 1972 Cannes Film Festival - Nominated for the Palme d'Or
    • 1973 Academy Awards - Nominated for the Academy A… See more

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    WEBThe movie tells the story of Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney (Peter O'Toole). He inherits the title after the movie’s cheerfully shocking prologue, in which his father (Harry Andrews) addresses the patriotic St. George Society, …

     

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    WEBWhen the Earl of Gurney (Harry Andrews) dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack (Peter O'Toole), inherits the Gurney estate.

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    WEBPeter 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's irreverent play, this darkly comic indictment of …

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    WEBAug 15, 2019 — Adapted from the Peter Barnes play of the same name, by Barnes himself, The Ruling Class is a taunting depiction of English peers and all their illusions of grandeur. Jack Gurney, played by O’Toole is a …

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