
The Comic
Running 1h 35m and made in the United States, The Comic (1969) is a Comedy and Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Dick Van Dyke and Michele Lee; Carl Reiner directs. 12 votes put it at 6.1/10. An 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.













