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The Comic
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.
- Original title
- The Comic
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
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
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
Jay Novello
Miguel
Paulene Myers
Phoebe
Fritz Feld
Armand
Jerome Cowan
Lawrence
Isabel Sanford
Woman
Jeff Donnell
Nurse
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)
Suzie Kaye
Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Howard Morris
Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
Housekeeper (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Ward Ramsey
Officer (uncredited)
Mark Russell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Russell
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Johnny Silver
Little Man (uncredited)
Irene Tedrow
Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)
Johnny Weissmüller
Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Willes
Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
Organist (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)
Carl Reiner
Director
Carl Reiner
Producer
Carl Reiner
Screenplay
THE PUMPKIN-MAN AWAKENS
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Sunset Boulevard
Singin' in the Rain
This Is Francis X. Bushman
The Artist
Babylon
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Birth of the Tramp
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
The Perils of Pauline
The Great Actor
Character Studies
Dreamboat
The Camera Speaks
You're My Everything
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Louise Brooks
Kuster Beaton
Sunset Boulevard
Benny & Joon
The Happiest Millionaire
Educating Rita
The Paper Tigers
My One and Only
Starving in Suburbia
The Spitfire Grill
Don't Think Twice
TalhotBlond
My Own Love Song
Thunderstruck
Things Change
SubUrbia
A Dog Year
The Middle Man
Little Sister
Gotcha!
Nothing in Common
Accidents Happen
Life During Wartime
Nov 19, 1969
New York City, New York
