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The Comic

A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
Nov 19, 1969 · 1h 35m
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Comedy
Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Directed by Carl Reiner

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Acre Enterprises
Country
US

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