This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Hamlet soliloquy with a .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers, Laurence Harvey, Ringo Starr |
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| Director | Joseph McGrath |
| Genres | Comedy |
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This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Hamlet soliloquy with a striptease. A vile cesspool of excrement is seeded with cash and the money-hungry dive right in. Wilfred Hyde White is the drunken captain, Yul Brynner is uncredited in his performance as a chanteuse transvestite, and John Cleese is the director of Sotheby's auction house. Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough and Raquel Welch also appear in this offbeat comedy. Paul McCartney wrote and produced Come and Get It, the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger. John Speedy Keene wrote Something In The Air and performed the track with his group Thunderclap Newman. Sellers, Cleese, Graham Chapman and Terry Southern co-authored the screenplay taken from Southern's novel.~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers, Laurence Harvey, Ringo Starr, Spike Milligan, John Cleese, Wilfrid Hyde White, Clive Dunn, Peter Graves, hattie Jacques, Graham Chapman, Roman Polanski, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, John Le Mesurier, John Le Mesurier, John |
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| Director | Joseph McGrath |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 28 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1969 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 11 Jun 2011 To Rent: DVD: 22 May 2006 |
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An extravagant, undisciplined adaptation of Terry Southern's biting satire on the power of money - the plot is little... read more on Time Out
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The Magic Christian
Surreal & very funny - Peter Sellers & Ringo Starr use apparently unlimited money to point up pretension, mock snobbery & mock the establishment. ... read more »
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Self-indulgent twaddle
Very dull. Lacking plot. Visually interesting and great cast but, if you are not going to live for ever, give it a pass.
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The passage of time has not been kind
I had a dim recollection of seeing this on TV late one night when I was a kid. I had a vague memory of Yul Brynner in drag and wanted to check out the film in ... read more »
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Let it remain a distant memory
I saw this film when it was first released in 1970 and thought I would watch it again some 39 years later to remind me of what a great film it was.
I... read more »
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