The Comic
1969, Film, 94 min, Comedy, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
Directed by Carl Reiner
Cast
- Dick Van Dyke as William Simon aka Billy Bright
- Michele Lee as Mary Gibson
- Mickey Rooney as Martin 'Cockeye' Van Buren
- Cornel Wilde as Frank Powers
- Nina Wayne as Sybil Atlas
- Pert Kelton as Mama Bell
- Steve Allen as Steve Allen
- Barbara Heller as Ginger
- Ed Peck as Edwin G. Englehardt
- Jeannine Riley as Lorraine Margaret Bell
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