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.
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Cast
99 people
Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
Known for
Night at the Museum
Mary Poppins
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Known for
The Love Bug
Along Came Polly
Adrienne Fazan
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
Night at the Museum
Aaron Ruben
Walter M. Simonds
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Known for
The Big Combo
Leave Her to Heaven
Guy C. Verhille
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Known for
The Night Strangler
Jack Elliott
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Known for
The Music Man
W. Wallace Kelley
Carl Reiner Director · Aaron Ruben Writer Jack Elliott Composer
United States release November 19, 1969 · Produced in United States
Production
Acre Enterprises
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 19, 1969
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Mexico
October 2, 1970 · Theatrical
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