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.

Starring:

Alvin Hammer, Barbara Heller, Ben Frommer, Bill Zuckert, Billy Curtis, Bobby Gilbert, Calvin Coolidge, Carl Reiner, Christopher Ross, Clive Halliday, Cornel Wilde, Cosmo Sardo, Craig Huebing, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Winslow, Ed Peck, Fritz Feld, Gavin MacLeod, Geoff Edwards, Harry Fleer, Howard Dayton, Howard Morris, Irene Tedrow, Isabel Sanford, Jay Novell

Genre:

Comedy, Drama