The Magic Christian

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Comedy about an original and very rich man, Sir Guy Grand, who adopts a drop-out youth as his son and heir, and dispenses his money in a variety of eccentric ways to prove that everyone has his price. From the novel by Terry Southern.

Cast & credits

Cast

Sir Guy Grand Peter Sellers
Youngman Grand Ringo Starr
Dame Agnes Grand, Guy's sister Isabel Jeans
Hon Esther Grand, Guy's sister Caroline Blakiston
Captain Reginald K. Klaus Wilfrid Hyde White
Oxford coach Richard Attenborough
Hamlet Laurence Harvey
Laurence Faggot, passenger on ship Leonard Frey
ship's vampire Christopher Lee
traffic warden 27 Spike Milligan
solitary drinker Roman Polanski
priestess of the whip Raquel Welch
My Man Jeff Tom Boyle
hot dog vendor Victor Maddern
mad major Terence Alexander
pompous toff Peter Bayliss
socialite in Sotheby's Joan Benham
auctioneer Patrick Cargill
Mr Dougdale, director in Sotheby's John Cleese
sommelier Clive Dunn
Fitzgibbon Fred Emney
snob in Sotheby's Kenneth Fortescue
duke in Sotheby's Patrick Holt
Lord Barry David Hutcheson
Ginger Horton Hattie Jacques
Lord Hampton Jeremy Lloyd
ship's guide David Lodge
Edouard of Chez Edouard Ferdy Mayne
Winthrop Dennis Price
Maltravers Robert Raglan
waiter at Chez Edouard Graham Stark
[Oxford stroke] Graham Chapman
[Sol] Freddie Earlle
[interested lord at ship's bar] Peter Graves
[Sir John] John Le Mesurier
[Duke of Mantisbriar] Guy Middleton
[Lord Kilgallon] Peter Myers
[engine room toff] Leon Thau
[police inspector] Frank Thornton
[Sir Lionel] Michael Trubshawe
[Prince Henry] Edward Underdown
[Michael Aspel, television commentator] Michael Aspel
[television commentator] Michael Barratt
[television commentator] Harry Carpenter
[television commentator] W. Barrington Dalby
[television commentator] John Snagge
[Alan Whicker, television commentator] Alan Whicker
[transvestite singer] Yul Brynner
[] Freddie Earlle

Credits

Direction

Directed by Joe Mcgrath
[1st] Assistant Director Roger Simons
[2nd Assistant Director] Ray Freeborn
[3rd Assistant Director] Raymond Becket
Continuity Maggie Unsworth

Production

©/Filmed... by Grand Films Limited
Released by Commonwealth United Entertainment
Executive Producer Henry T. Weinstein
Executive Producer Anthony B. Unger
Produced by Denis O'Dell
Production Manager Victor Peck
Location Manager David Griffith
[Production Secretary] Gladys Pearce
[Assistant Production Secretary, NY] Louise Stein
Studio Twickenham Film Studios

Casting

Casting Director John Merrick

Writing

Screenplay Terry Southern
Screenplay Joe Mcgrath
Additional Material by Graham Chapman
Additional Material by John Cleese
Additional Material by Peter Sellers
From the novel by Terry Southern

Photography

Photographed by Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator Peter Macdonald
[Follow Focus Cameraman] John Campbell
[Clapper Loader] Cedric James
[Camera Maintenance Engineer] Peter Saddington

Stills

[Stills Photographer] John Young

Special Effects

Visual Special Effects Wally Veevers

Animation

[Cartoon] Richard Williams Studio

Editing

Editor Kevin Connor
[1st Assistant Editor] Rita Burgess
[2nd Assistant Editor] Amanda Palmer

Design

Production Designer Assheton Gorton
Art Director George Djurkovic
[Assistant Art Director] Roger King
Set Dresser Peta Button
[Draughtsperson] George Lack
[Scenic Artist] Peter Woods
Property Master Alf Pegley

Costumes

Costumes Evangeline Harrison

Make-up

Make-up Harry Frampton
Hairdressing Joyce James

Film processing

[Film Laboratory] Technicolor
[Film Laboratory Contact] Stu Brown
[Stills Laboratory] Gerry Butler

Music

Music Composed/Conducted by Ken Thorne

Choreography

Choreography Lionel Blair

Sound

Sound Mixer Peter Sutton
[Sound Camera Operator] Ken Reynolds
[Boom Operator] David Badger
[Sound Maintenance Engineer] Brian Hunter
Dubbing Mixer Gerry Humphreys
[Assistant Dubbing Mixer] Robin O'donoghue
Sound Editor Brian Holland
[1st Assistant Sound Editor] Peter Burgess
[Sound Effects Mixer] David Maiden

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