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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.
Theatrical
Nov 19, 1969
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Jack Elliott
Studio
Acre Enterprises
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Cast
Full credits →D
Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
M
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
M
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
C
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
N
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
P
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
S
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
B
Barbara Heller
Ginger
E
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
J
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell
G
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
J
Jay Novello
Miguel
C
Craig Huebing
Doctor
P
Paulene Myers
Phoebe
F
Fritz Feld
Armand
J
Jerome Cowan
Lawrence
I
Isabel Sanford
Woman
J
Jeff Donnell
Nurse
C
Carl Reiner
Al Schilling
H
Howard Dayton
Ketchup Man
