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The Great McGonagall is a British film of genre Biography directed by Joseph McGrath released in USA on 15 august 1975 with Spike Milligan
The Great McGonagall (1975)
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Add to a movie listThe Great McGonagall is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Spike Milligan in the title role, Peter Sellers as Queen Victoria and Julia Foster as Mrs McGonagall. It is a humorous biopic of the Scottish poet William McGonagall that includes several of McGonagall's actual poems, his appearing in the title role of Macbeth and his "improvement" of the Bard's plot, his pilgrimage to Balmoral Castle, the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria by Roderick McLean and a tribute to McGonagall from Lt Frederick Rollo of the Royal Scots in Zululand.
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Un tisserand écossais tombe amoureux de la reine Victoria et lui dédie ses poèmes. Bien qu'il n'arrive pas à l'approcher, il rêve qu'il est honoré par elle.Actors
Spike Milligan
(William Topaz McGonagall)
Peter Sellers
(Queen Victoria)
Julia Foster
(Mrs. McGonagall)
John Bluthal
(various)
Victor Spinetti
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