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The Comic (1969)

5.9 | Nov 19, 1969 (US) | Comedy, Drama | 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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Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
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Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
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Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
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Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
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Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
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Steve Allen
Steve Allen
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Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
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Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell