Magic Christian (The)
- Director: Joseph McGrath
- Writer: Terry Southern; Joseph McGrath
- Producer: Denis O'Dell; Anthony B. Unger
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Sir Guy Grand adopts homeless bum Youngman to be heir to his obscene wealth, and immediately begins bringing him into the intricacies of the family business, which is to prey upon people's greed by use of the vast holdings of the Grand empire. They leave no stone unturned as sporting events, restaurants, art galleries, and traditional pheasant hunts turn into lurid displays of bad manners and profiteering. Things climax at the social event of the season, the inaugural voyage of the new pleasure cruiser The Magic Christian.
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Cast & Characters
Peter Sellers as Sir Guy Grand;
Ringo Starr as Youngman Grand;
Isabel Jeans as Dame Agnes Grand;
Caroline Blakiston as Hon. Esther Grand;
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Captain Reginald K. Klaus;
Richard Attenborough as Oxford Coach;
Leonard Frey as Laurence Faggot;
Laurence Harvey as Hamlet;
Christopher Lee as Ship's Vampire;
Spike Milligan as Traffic Warden 27;
Roman Polanski as Solitary Drinker;
Raquel Welch as Priestess of the Whip;
Tom Boyle as My Man Jeff;
Victor Maddern as Hot Dog Vendor;
Terence Alexander as Mad Major