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Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney
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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.
Sep 15, 1972 · The Ruling Class: Directed by Peter Medak. With Hugh Owens, Harry Andrews, Arthur Lowe, William Mervyn. A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son.
- (6.8K)
- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Peter Medak
- 1972-09-15
In either version, "The Ruling Class" is a peculiar movie that falls into two parts. The first hour or so is devoted to a peckish examination of British peculiarities. The rest of the film is a grim descent into madness, mayhem and, I fear, symbolism.
Aug 15, 2019 · The Ruling Class (1972) is one of the strangest films I have ever seen. ‘Strange’ is a word with several meanings. A ‘strange film’ may be disturbing, unorthodox, or just totally insane. The Ruling Class possesses all three of these qualities, with a lot of confused laughter in-between.
Peter 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 Britain’s class system peers behind the closed doors of English aristocracy.
- Jack, 14th Earl of Gurney
The Ruling Class is a raucous and stinging satire, an indictment of Britain's aristocracy, filled with outrageous set pieces, irreverent song and dance...
- (13)
- Comedy
- PG
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.
