The Comic

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.

• Carl ReinerDirector
• Carl ReinerScreenplay
• Jack ElliottOriginal Music Composer
• Aaron RubenWriter

• Dick Van DykeBilly Bright
• Michele LeeMary Gibson
• Mickey RooneyCockeye
• Cornel WildeFrank Powers
• Nina WayneSybil Atlas
• Pert KeltonMama Bell
• Steve AllenSteve Allen
• Barbara HellerGinger
• Ed PeckEdwin G. Englehardt
• Jeannine RileyLorraine Bell
• Gavin MacLeod1st Director
• Jay NovelloMiguel