The Comic
(1969)

A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!

Released: 1969-11-19

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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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Dick Van Dyke

as Billy Bright

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Michele Lee

as Mary Gibson

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Cornel Wilde

as Frank Powers

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Nina Wayne

as Sybil Atlas

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Pert Kelton

as Mama Bell

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Steve Allen

as Steve Allen

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Ed Peck

as Edwin G. Englehardt

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Jeannine Riley

as Lorraine Bell

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Gavin MacLeod

as 1st Director

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Carl Reiner

as Al Schilling

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Howard Dayton

as Ketchup Man

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Morris Hoffman

Set Decoration

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W. Wallace Kelley

Director of Photography

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Guy C. Verhille

Costume Design

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Jack Elliott

Original Music Composer

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