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The Comic

The Comic

5.9/10 TMDB1969Comedy95 minutes

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
CA
Carl Reiner
Al Schilling
MI
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
JE
Jean Willes
Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
MI
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
GA
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
CO
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
JE
Jerome Cowan
Lawrence
JE
Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
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Steve Allen
Steve Allen
JA
Jay Novello
Miguel
HO
Howard Morris
Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)

2 videos

Mick Garris on THE COMIC

Mick Garris on THE COMIC

Featurette

Dick van Dyke - The Comic (1969)

Dick van Dyke - The Comic (1969)

Clip

ComedyDrama
95 minutes
English
United States of America
November 19, 1969

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5.9/10
TMDB's User Score
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