The Great McGonagall
- "I am Queen Victoria, and I am very Big in England."
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.
Release Date : 1975-01-23
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Status : Released
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Production Country : United Kingdom
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Cast
Character Name : William Topaz McGonagall
Original Name : Spike Milligan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Queen Victoria
Original Name : Peter Sellers
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mrs. McGonagall
Original Name : Julia Foster
Gender : Female
Character Name : various
Original Name : John Bluthal
Gender : Male
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Original Name : Victor Spinetti
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Valentine Dyall
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Clifton Jones
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Julian Chagrin
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Charlie Young Atom
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Luie Caballero
Gender : Male
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