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.
Top Cast
Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright
Michele Lee as Mary Gibson
Mickey Rooney as Cockeye
Cornel Wilde as Frank Powers
Nina Wayne as Sybil Atlas
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