The Magic Christian
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Magic Christian (1969, UK) is a cult classic comedy directed by Joseph McGrath
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Main Details
- Released in 1969
- Color
- Distribution Co: Commonwealth United Corporation
- Directed by Joseph McGrath
- Produced by Denis O'Dell
- Screenplay by Terry Southern, Joseph McGrath
- Starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John Cleese
- Music by Ken Thorne
- Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth
- Edited by Kevin Connor
Plot Summary
- Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers), the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman (Sir Ringo Starr). Together, they set out to prove that anyone, and anything, can be bought with money.
Taglines
- The world's richest man and the world's poorest boy are getting it ready now...and everybody, everywhere, will be a little worse off for it.
- The Magic Christian is: antiestablishmentarian, antibellum, antitrust, antiseptic, antibiotic, antisocial & antipasto.
