Billy Bright
Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
The Comic
“A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!”
5.9
1969
1h 35m
ComedyDrama
Director: Carl Reiner
Overview
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.
Cast
Mary Gibson
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Cockeye
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
Frank Powers
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Sybil Atlas
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Mama Bell
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Ginger
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Edwin G. Englehardt
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
Lorraine Bell
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell
1st Director
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
Miguel
Jay Novello
Miguel
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Clips (1)
Dick van Dyke - The Comic (1969)
Featurettes (1)
Mick Garris on THE COMIC
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