The Comic (1969)

Quality: SD

Genre:Comedy, Drama

Country: United States

Release Date: 02 Oct 1970

Staring:Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney

Director:Carl Reiner

Rating: 6.7 (IMDb)

Runtime: 94 min

Storyline:

The Comic (1969) A fictionalized 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.