The Comic (1969)

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Original Title: The Comic

Release Date: November 19, 1969

Runtime: 95 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

Overview

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

Cornel Wilde

Frank Powers

Nina Wayne

Sybil Atlas

Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Ed Peck

Edwin G. Englehardt

Jeannine Riley

Lorraine Bell

Gavin MacLeod

1st Director

Carl Reiner

Al Schilling

Maurice Dallimore

Lord Faversham

Mantan Moreland

Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

Rex Benson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Minor Role (uncredited)

William Boyce

Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Minister (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billy Curtis

Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

Luis Delgado

Minor Role (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)

Leonard Frey

Talk Show Guest (uncredited)

Crew

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