The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes61%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph McGrathDirector
- Terry SouthernScreenplay
- Joseph McGrathScreenplay
- Ken ThorneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter SellersSir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
- Ringo StarrYoungman Grand, Esq.
- Isabel JeansDame Agnes Grand
- Caroline BlakistonHon. Esther Grand
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteCaptain Reginald K. Klaus
- Spike MilliganTraffic Warden
- John CleeseDirector in Sotheby's
- Richard AttenboroughOxford Coach
- John Le MesurierSir John
- Raquel WelchPriestess of the Whip
- Roman PolanskiSolitary Drinker
- Leonard FreyLaurence Faggot
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookblack humormusicalsatiresurrealismrichespsychedelic