The Comic
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
A fictionalized 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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Dick Van Dyke
William Simon aka Billy Bright
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Mickey Rooney
Martin 'Cockeye' Van Buren
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
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Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Margaret Bell
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Jack Elliott
Composer
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W. Wallace Kelley
Cinematographer
