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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1969 DVD Release: 01/21/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Republic Pictures Members Wishing: 22 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Farce, Absurd Comedy

This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Hamlet soliloquy with a striptease. A vile cesspool of excrement is seeded with cash and the money-hungry dive right in. Wilfred Hyde White is the drunken captain, Yul Brynner is uncredited in his performance as a chanteuse transvestite, and John Cleese is the director of Sotheby's auction house. Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough and Raquel Welch also appear in this offbeat comedy. Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It," the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger. John "Speedy" Keene wrote "Something In The Air" and performed the track with his group Thunderclap Newman. Sellers, Cleese, Graham Chapman and Terry Southern co-authored the screenplay taken from Southern's novel. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Peter Sellers - Sir Guy Grand
Ringo Starr - Youngman Grand
Isabel Jeans - Agnes Grand
Caroline Blakiston - Esther
Christopher Lee - Ship's Vampire
Raquel Welch - Priestess of the Whip

Featuring Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers, the 1969 psychedelic British comedy The Magic Christian comes to DVD from Republic. Presented with a pan-and-scan full-frame transfer and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Sound. There are no subtitles or special features of any kind on this disc, making it rather difficult to recommend it to anybody other than those looking for a dose of nostalgia. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide