Dec 8th  
The Ruling Class*
(GB 1972)
Avco Embassy/Keep Films. 155m.

The sole heir to the Gurney estate is a paranoid schizophrenic who thinks he is Jesus Christ; his scheming family try to bring him back to normal health, but the result is worse.
Overstated satire with lots of red-headed performances, and a star unwisely let loose. Fashionable fantasia song and dance interludes and zestful handling punctuate the two and a half hours' duration, although the characters and the situations are never really engaging.

Written by: Peter Barnes, from his play.
Producers: Jules Buck, Jack Hawkins.
Director: Peter Medak.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Arthur Lowe, Alastair Sim, Coral Browne, William Mervyn, James Villiers, Harry Andrews, Carolyn Seymour, Michael Bryant, Graham Crowden, Nigel Green, Kay Walsh, Patsy Byrne.
Photography: Ken Hodges.
Music: John Cameron.