
The Comic (1969)
5.9
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Nov 19, 1969 (US)
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Comedy, Drama
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01:35
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
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

Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt

Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell