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5.8Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
Released: 1969-12-1292 minDir: Joseph McGrathComedy
Cast
- Peter Sellers as Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
- Ringo Starr as Youngman Grand, Esq.
- Isabel Jeans as Dame Agnes Grand
- Caroline Blakiston as Hon. Esther Grand
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Captain Reginald K. Klaus
- Spike Milligan as Traffic Warden
Themes
- based on novel or book
- black humor
- musical
- satire
- surrealism
- riches
- psychedelic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joseph McGrath
- Screenwriter
- Peter Sellers
- Cast member
- Edward Underdown
- Composer
- Ken Thorne
- Cinematographer
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 144802
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1969-01-01
- title
- The Magic Christian
- film editor
- Kevin Connor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 61%
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