CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1969
The Magic Christian posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1969 1h 32m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Magic Christian

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION

If you loved The Magic Christian, try these.

The Bed Sitting Room poster 01

Movie / 1969 / Comedy / Science Fiction

The Bed Sitting Room

Why this pick

Like The Magic Christian, this is a gleefully British, episodic satire that pushes social rituals into surreal absurdity, with a deadpan ensemble and playful disregard for conventional plot.

The Ruling Class poster 02

Movie / 1972 / Comedy / Drama

The Ruling Class

Why this pick

A caustic British comedy of class and inherited power, it shares The Magic Christian’s taste for extravagant performance, anarchic tonal shifts, and institutions made ridiculous from the inside.

O Lucky Man! poster 03

Movie / 1973 / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

O Lucky Man!

Why this pick

Its picaresque structure and openly satirical encounters make a strong companion: an innocent figure moves through a Britain exposed as greedy, theatrical, and bizarre.

Putney Swope poster 04

Movie / 1969 / Comedy / Drama

Putney Swope

Why this pick

For the same irreverent, anything-goes attack on money and status, this American satire uses fractured sketches, broad caricature, and escalating nonsense rather than a tidy narrative.

The President's Analyst poster 05

Movie / 1967 / Comedy / Science Fiction

The President's Analyst

Why this pick

A fast, paranoid comic fantasy whose satire of authority and consumer culture has the same cheerful willingness to turn respectable systems into elaborate jokes.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Hon. Esther Grand

Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan

Traffic Warden

Leonard Frey

Leonard Frey

Laurence Faggot

Patrick Holt

Duke in Sotheby's

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

Edouard

James Laurenson

James Laurenson

Oxford Crew

Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton

Police Inspector

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Solitary Drinker