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The Comic is a american film of genre Drama directed by Carl Reiner released in USA on 19 november 1969 with Dick Van Dyke
The Comic (1969)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 november 1969
Length 1h34
Directed by Carl Reiner
OriginUSA
Themes Films about television
Rating63%
The Comic is a 1969 comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright – the original title of the film – and Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, Reiner himself and Mickey Rooney as Bright's friend and work colleagues. Reiner wrote the screenplay with Aaron Ruben, which was inspired by the end of silent film era, and in part, by the life of silent film superstar Buster Keaton.
Synopsis
Billy Bright (Dick Van Dyke), a silent-era film comedian, narrates this film which begins at his character's funeral in 1969 and tells his life story in flashbacks, unable to see his own faults and morosely (and incorrectly) blaming others for the turns of the events in his life.Actors
Dick Van Dyke
(Billy Bright)
Mickey Rooney
(Cockeye)
Michele Lee
(Mary Gibson)
Cornel Wilde
(Frank Powers)
Nina Wayne
(Sybil Atlas)
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