The Great McGonagall

Synopsis

In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who falls in love with Queen Victoria - a brilliant cameo by Peter Sellers - and thereafter devotes his banal poetry to her. Though McGonagall's solicitations are rejected by the Queen, it doesn't stop the turgid prose, and pathos, from overflowing as McGonagall hilariously attempts to become the greatest poet in the land. The image of the bad poet, trapped by his romanticism and inspired by a muse with a tin ear, appealed mightily to Spike Milligan, and this cult British spoof features the Goons show maestro at his ridiculous, genre-defying best.

Main Cast

Spike Milligan

William Topaz McGonagall

Age : 83 | Popularity : 4%

Peter Sellers

Queen Victoria

Age : 54 | Popularity : 12%

Julia Foster

Mrs. McGonagall

Age : 80 | Popularity : 4%

John Bluthal

various

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Victor Spinetti

Age : 78 | Popularity : 10%

Valentine Dyall

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Clifton Jones

Age : 82 | Popularity : 6%

Julian Chagrin

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Spike Milligan Joseph McGrath
Directing	Director	Joseph McGrath
Editing	Editor	Rusty Coppleman
Production	Executive Producer	Peter Lamb Kamal Pasha
	Producer	David Hamilton-Grant
Crew	Photoscience Manager	John Mackey
Sound	Music	John Shakespeare Derek Warne
Department	Role	Name

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