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1972 Certificate 15
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A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole. Read more

Starring Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews
Director Peter Medak
Genres Comedy

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    • 19 Jan 2007

    Premiere magazine recently rated Peter O'Toole's performance in Lawrence of Arabia the greatest ever committed to celluloid. It was his fourth film, his first lead, and a hell of a break - though he lost the Oscar to Gregory Peck and To Kill a Mockingbird. He's been nominated six times since (for Becket, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Ruling Class, The Stunt Man, and My Favourite Year), and famously never won, except for an Honorary Award in 2003. 'I'm still in the game,' he... Read more

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    • The Ruling Class
      A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole....