
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 by Orson Welles but never completed during his lifetime.
Cast

John Huston
J.J. 'Jake' Hannaford

Oja Kodar
The Actress

Peter Bogdanovich
Brooks Otterlake

Susan Strasberg
Juliette Rich

Norman Foster
Billy Boyle

Robert Random
Oscar 'John' Dale

Lilli Palmer
Zarah Valeska

Edmond O'Brien
Pat Mullins

Mercedes McCambridge
Maggie Noonan

Cameron Mitchell
Matt "Zimmie" Zimmer

Paul Stewart
Matt Costello

Gregory Sierra
Jack Simon

Tonio Selwart
The Baron

Dan Tobin
Dr. Bradley Pease Burroughs

John Carroll
Lou Martin

Stafford Repp
Marvin Pister
Geoffrey Land
Max David

Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom

Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper

Curtis Harrington
Curtis Harrington

Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol

Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran

George Jessel
George Jessel

Peter Jason
Grover

Joseph McBride
Charles Pister
Pat McMahon
Marvin P. Fassbender
Cathy Lucas
Mavis Henscher

Angelo Rossitto
Angelo
Howard Grossman
Charles Higgam
Robert Aiken
Driver
Gene Clark
Projectionist
Larry Jackson
Roger
Richard Wilson
Dick

Gary Graver
Documentary Filmmaker

Frank Marshall
Documentary Filmmaker
Mike Ferris
Documentary Filmmaker
Eric Sherman
Documentary Filmmaker
Felipe Herba
Documentary Filmmaker

Paul Hunt
Documentary Filmmaker
Bill Weaver
Documentary Filmmaker
Mark Turnball
Documentary Filmmaker

Benny Rubin
Abe Vogel

Cassie Yates
Martine
Lillah Michaeltorena
Julie Rich's Assistant
Teresa Nersesyan
Ice Cube Girl

William Katt
Man in Bathroom Stall
Richard Waltzer
Cineaste
Louis Race
Cineaste
Ron Charles
Cineaste
Kevin Cloud Brechner
Cineaste
Glenn Jacobson
Beard Man

Rich Little
Party Guest

Cameron Crowe
Party Guest

Todd McCarthy
Party Guest
Markene Kruse Smith
Party Guest
June A. Flora
Party Guest

Anna Thea Bogdanovich
Party Guest
Frank Fiore
Party Guest
Sally Bernstein
Party Guest

Leslie Moonves
Party Guest
Jack Boyce
Party Guest
Avril Thorne
Party Guest
Allen G. Norman
Party Guest
Shaun Moeller
Party Guest
Manfred Moeller
Party Guest
William Essary
Party Guest
Kathy Harris
Party Guest
Wayne Voss
Party Guest
Jean Jandel Pruett
Party Guest
David F. Pruett
Party Guest
Clive Miller
Party Guest
Ted Culver
Party Guest

Lawrence Lasker
Party Guest

Cybill Shepherd
Woman in the Car (uncredited)

Michel Duchaussoy
Michel Duchaussoy (uncredited)
James Ragan
Cameraman / Reporter (uncredited)

Orson Welles
Journalist (uncredited)
Crew

Orson Welles
Director, Screenplay, Editor

Oja Kodar
Writer
Yves Deschamps
Editor
Jonathon Braun
Editor

Frank Marshall
Editor, Producer, Unit Production Manager

Peter Bogdanovich
Editor

Affonso Gonçalves
Editor

Paul Hunt
Editor, Line Producer, Sound Recordist

Bob Murawski
Editor

Gary Graver
Director of Photography
Jon Anderson
Executive Producer
Olga Kagan
Executive Producer
Jens Koethner Kaul
Executive Producer
Carla Rosen-Vacher
Executive Producer

Beatrice Welles
Executive Producer
Liz Federowicz
Co-Executive Producer
Dominique Antoine
Producer
Filip Jan Rymsza
Producer
Ruth Hasty
Associate Producer, Post Production Supervisor
Alyssa Swanzey
Associate Producer
Len Kloosman
Associate Producer
James Su
Associate Producer
Richard Waltzer
Co-Producer

Dean DeBlois
Co-Producer
Dax Phelan
Co-Producer
Bill Weaver
Camera Operator
Kala'e Frank
Post Production Coordinator
Anders Kwarnmark
Sound Effects Editor
Luke Gibleon
Sound Effects Designer

John Knoll
Visual Effects Supervisor
Joe Ceballos
Visual Effects Supervisor
Brian Meanly
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jeff Atherton
Visual Effects Producer
Greg Maloney
Visual Effects Producer
Graham Churchill
Visual Effects Coordinator

Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Carter B. Smith Jr.
Music Supervisor
Ellen Segal
Music Editor
Ernst Etchie Stroh
Consulting Producer
Sally Stringer
Script Supervisor
Michael Ohrling
Electrician
Glenn Jacobson
Property Master
Eric Sherman
Additional Photography
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
David Atkins
Grip
R. Michael Stringer
Gaffer
Larry Jackson
Production Manager, Unit Production Manager
Lisa Nitti
Legal Services

Polly Platt
Art Direction
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