The Magic Christian

Year: 1969

Country: UK

Tagline: The world's richest man and the world's poorest boy are getting it ready now...and everybody, everywhere, will be a little worse off for it.  »

Plot: Sir Guy Grand adopts homeless bum Youngman to be heir to his obscene wealth, and immediately begins bringing him into the intricacies of the family business, which is to prey upon people's greed by use of the vast holdings of the Grand empire. They leave no stone unturned as sporting events, restaurants, art galleries, and traditional pheasant hunts turn into lurid displays of bad manners and profiteering. Things climax at the social event of the season, the inaugural voyage of the new pleasure cruiser The Magic Christian.Billionaire Sir Guy Grand thinks nothing of throwing his endless stream of money away. He later adopts a homeless boy, Youngman and ogether, they set out to prove that anyone, and anything, can be bought with money.

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