King Ralph [Blu-ray]

Director: David S. Ward David S. Ward

Overview

Sometimes a family title, among the nobility of England, goes to the "collateral" heirs -- people not in the direct line of decent, like cousins, great-nephews and the like. On rare occasions, these people are not even aware that they are about to be elevated to the House of Lords, and they have been living more-or-less ordinary lives. In this comedy, the family which lacks direct heirs is the Royal Family of England -- as all of the likely heirs have died one after the other in swift succession. In this comedy, the "collateral heir" is an exuberant, fence-busting All-American slob (and pretty good rock n' roll musician) by the name of Ralph (John Goodman). Unknown to him, his grandmother had an affair with a royal prince. Ralph's a good guy, and eager to please. He recognizes the importance of the royal hoopla to England and works very hard to fit in as its new designated king. He is assisted by the ever-unctuous, very serious family factotum Willingham (Peter O'Toole). The trouble is, he doesn't have instincts for politics English-style, and he is constantly "putting a foot wrong," as they might say. The most difficult situation for him is when he develops a new love interest, and she's not "acceptable" to the upper crust. In addition to being hounded by the tabloids, he finds that "the good of the state" requires that he drop his new girlfriend. Things really come to a head just before Ralph's coronation as king. Reviewers generally loathed this feel-good comedy, but audiences seem to have enjoyed it tremendously, and it has done well in video and TV airings.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2022
UPC:	0683904635716
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	NR
Source:	Universal
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	12,542

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Goodman	Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones
Peter O'Toole	Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
John Hurt	Lord Percival Graves
Camille Coduri	Miranda Green
Richard Griffiths	Duncan Phipps
Leslie Phillips	Gordon Halliwell
David S. Ward	Actor
James Villiers	Actor
Natasha Richardson	Actor,Actor
Niall O'Brien	Actor
Julian Glover	Actor
Judy Parfitt	Actor
Ed Stobart	Actor
Gedren Heller	Actor
Mary Selway	Actor
Rudolph Walker	Actor
Michael Johnson	Actor
Ann Beach	Actor
Jack Smethurst	Actor
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	Actor
Brian Greene	Actor
Dallas Adams	Actor
Adele Lakeland	Actor
Josanne Haydon-Pearce	Actor
Vanessa Lee Hicks	Actor
Jazzi Northover	Actor
Dawn Spence	Actor
Guy Fithen	Actor
Ian Gelder	Actor
Cameron Blakely	Actor
Caroline Paterson	Actor
Sally Nesbitt	Actor
Patrick Cremin	Actor
Richard Whitmore	Actor
Jennie Stoller	Actor
Kirk St. James	Actor
Tim Seely	Actor
Gareth Forwood	Actor
Alan McMahon	Actor
Richard Bebb	Actor
David Stoll	Actor
Chantal-Claire	Actor
Topaze Hasfal-School	Actor
Charlotte Pyecroft	Actor
Paul Beech	Actor
Angus MacKay	Actor
James Newton Howard	Composer
Alison McGuire	Queen of England

Technical Credits

David S. Ward

David S. Ward	Director,Screenwriter
Jack Brodsky	Producer
Sydney Pollack	Executive Producer
Mark Rosenberg	Executive Producer
Mary Selway	Casting
Greg Powell	Stunts
David A. Arnold	Sound Effects
Julie Bergman Sender	Producer
John Comfort	Producer
Don Banks	Sound Effects
John P. Fasal	Sound Effects