The Comic

Directed by Carl Reiner
1970    1h 35m    PG
Comedy, Drama
6.467%57%
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A fictionalized 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 of The Comic
  • Dick Van DykeBilly Bright
  • Michele LeeMary Gibson
  • Mickey RooneyCockeye
  • Cornel WildeFrank Powers
  • Nina WayneSybil Atlas
  • Pert KeltonMama Bell
  • Steve AllenSteve Allen
  • Barbara HellerGinger
  • Ed PeckEdwin G. Englehardt
  • Jeannine RileyLorraine Bell
  • Gavin MacLeod1st Director
  • Jay NovelloMiguel
  • Craig HuebingDoctor
  • Paulene MyersPhoebe
  • Fritz FeldArmand
  • Jerome CowanLawrence
  • Isabel SanfordWoman
  • Jeff DonnellNurse
  • Carl ReinerAl Schilling
  • Howard DaytonKetchup Man
  • Maurice DallimoreLord Faversham
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