The Ruling Class (1972) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Peter Medak.

Cast

Peter O'Toole as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Alastair Sim as Bishop Lampton
Arthur Lowe as Tucker
Harry Andrews as 13th Earl of Gurney
Coral Browne as Lady Claire Gurney
Michael Bryant as Dr. Herder
Nigel Green as McKyle
William Mervyn as Sir Charles Gurney
Carolyn Seymour as Grace Shelley
James Villiers as Dinsdale
Kay Walsh as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
Patsy Byrne as Mrs. Treadwell
Graham Crowden as Truscott
Hugh Burden as Matthew Peake
James Grout as Inspector Brockett
James Hazeldine as Fraser
Joan Cooper as Nurse Brice
Hugh Owens as Toastmaster
Henry Woolf as Inmate
Griffith Davies as Inmate
Oliver MacGreevy as Inmate
Neil Kennedy as Dr. Herder's Assistant
Cyril Appleton as McKyle's Assistant
Leslie Schofield as McKyle's Assistant
Declan Mulholland as Poacher
Ronald Adam as Lord
Julian D'Albie as Lord
Llewellyn Rees as Lord
Kenneth Benda as Lord Chancellor
Ernest Blyth as Lord (uncredited)
Terence Conoley as Lord (uncredited)
George Hilsdon as Lord (uncredited)
Margaret Lacey as Midwife (uncredited)
Mike Reynell as Gurney Village Pedestrian (uncredited)
Robert Rietti as Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)
Guy Standeven as Peer (uncredited)
John Tatham as Lord (uncredited)
Fred Wood as Corpse (uncredited)

Crew

Peter Medak — Director
Peter Barnes — Screenplay
Jules Buck — Producer
Jack Hawkins — Producer
Ken Hodges — Director of Photography
John Cameron — Original Music Composer

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