The Comic (1969)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 19, 1969Release Date
The Comic (1969)
1h 35m
Running Time
November 19, 1969Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.
Dick Van Dyke
William Simon aka Billy Bright
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Mickey Rooney
Martin 'Cockeye' Van Buren
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Aaron Ruben
Writer
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Margaret Bell
Jay Novello
Miguel
Carl Reiner
Director
Craig Huebing
Doctor
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
The Comic is a 1969 American Pathécolor comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright (which was the original title of the film), Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, and Reiner himself and Mickey Rooney as Bright's friends and work colleagues. Reiner wrote the screenplay with Aaron Ruben; it was inspired by the end of silent film era and, in part, by the life of silent film superstar Buster Keaton.