The Magic Christian (1969)
December 12, 1969Release Date
The Magic Christian (1969)
December 12, 1969Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Peter Sellers
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE / Additional Writing
Ringo Starr
Youngman Grand, Esq.
Isabel Jeans
Dame Agnes Grand
Caroline Blakiston
Hon. Esther Grand
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Captain Reginald K. Klaus
Spike Milligan
Traffic Warden
John Cleese
Director in Sotheby's / Additional Writing
Richard Attenborough
Oxford Coach
John Le Mesurier
Sir John
Raquel Welch
Priestess of the Whip
Roman Polanski
Solitary Drinker
Leonard Frey
Laurence Faggot
Laurence Harvey
Hamlet
Christopher Lee
Ship's Vampire
Clive Dunn
Sommelier
Patrick Holt
Duke in Sotheby's
Ferdy Mayne
Edouard
Dennis Price
Winthrop
Yul Brynner
Transvestite Cabaret Singer
Graham Chapman
Oxford Crew / Additional Writing
James Laurenson
Oxford Crew
Frank Thornton
Police Inspector
Hattie Jacques
Ginger Horton
Jeremy Lloyd
Lord Hampton
David Hutcheson
Lord Barry
Michael Aspel
Himself
Alan Whicker
Himself
Edward Sinclair
Park Attendant
Joseph McGrath
Director / Screenplay
Philippe Mareuil
Doublure voix française de Patrick Holt / Doublure voix française de Ferdy Mayne
Terry Southern
Screenplay / Novel
Denis O'Dell
Producer
Anthony B. Unger
Executive Producer
Henry T. Weinstein
Executive Producer
Ken Thorne
Original Music Composer
Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
John Merrick
Casting
Assheton Gorton
Production Design
George Djurkovic
Art Direction
Kevin Connor
Editor
Ray Freeborn
Second Assistant Director
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Design
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Joyce James
Hairstylist
Victor Peck
Production Manager
Roger Simons
Assistant Director
Peta Button
Set Dresser
Alf Pegley
Property Master
Media.
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The Magic Christian is a 1969 British satirical farce black comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, with appearances by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Raquel Welch, Spike Milligan, Christopher Lee, Richard Attenborough and Roman Polanski. It was loosely adapted from the 1959 comic novel The Magic Christian by the American author Terry Southern, who co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with McGrath. The film also features pre-Monty Python appearances of John Cleese (credited) and an uncredited Graham Chapman, who had jointly written an earlier version of the film script. It also features an uncredited appearance by Yul Brynner performing “Mad About the Boy” as a drag artist.
Songs by Badfinger, including "Come and Get It" written by Paul McCartney, were used on the soundtrack. The official soundtrack album had other music as well as dialogue from the film. Badfinger released an album, Magic Christian Music, containing their three songs for the film.
The film received mostly negative reviews on release, citing its unrelenting and heavy-handed satire of capitalism, greed and human vanities.