An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
Cast
Richard Conte
Larry O'Brien
Julie Adams
Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau
Richard Egan
Police Lt. Bud Lennox
Henry Hull
Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair
Fred Clark
Sam Collyer
Jim Backus
Mitch Davis
Houseley Stevenson
John Miller, Studio Guard
Paul Cavanagh
Roland Paul
Katherine Meskill
Mary
Louis Lettieri
Jimmy Davis
Francis X. Bushman
Himself
Betty Blythe
Herself
William Farnum
Himself
Helen Gibson
Herself
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
Rico Alaniz
Spanish Actor (uncredited)
Tony Barr
Seedy Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Crew Member (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Charles Rodale (uncredited)
Harris Brown
Mortuary Employee (uncredited)
Joseph Bryan
Waiter (uncredited)
James J. Casino
Attendant (uncredited)
William Castle
Himself (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
John Crawford
1st Detective (uncredited)
Russell Dennis
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Eaton
Weird-Looking Woman (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Director (uncredited)
William Fawcett
Actor as Beggar in Commissary (uncredited)
Charlie Gibbs
Detective (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
Jimmy Gray
Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Producer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Airport Arrivee (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Himself (uncredited)
William Marks
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Sylvester (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Producer (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Himself (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Christmas Parade Spectator (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Café Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Policeman (uncredited)
Allen O'Locklin
Attendant (uncredited)
Gloria Petroff
Kathy (uncredited)
Jack Reynolds
Cameraman (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Waiter (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Projectionist (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
Actor in Full Dress (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Radio Commentator (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Detective (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
William Vedder
San Juan Capistrano Sexton (uncredited)
June Whitley Taylor
Juliet Davis (uncredited)
Lon Chaney
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Philbin
Christine Daaé (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keith Kerrigan
Pretty Blonde in Café (uncredited)
Crew
William Castle
Director
Frederick Kohner
Screenplay, Story
Frederick Brady
Screenplay, Story
Virgil W. Vogel
Editor
Betty Carruth
Assistant Editor
Carl E. Guthrie
Director of Photography
George Lollier
Assistant Director
Ronald R. Rondell
Assistant Director
Ellis Coleman
Production Coordinator
Leonard Goldstein
Producer
William Grady Jr.
Associate Producer
Richard Towers
Camera Operator
John Mehl
Assistant Camera
Dave Preston
Wardrobe Master
Rosmond Demetropolos
Wardrobe Master
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Doris Harris
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ray Romero
Makeup Artist
Everett Smith
Sound Engineer
Frank Gorback
Sound Engineer
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Ethmer Roten
Musician
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Additional Music
Edgar Fairchild
Additional Music
Elizabeth Firestone
Additional Music
Ralph Freed
Additional Music
William Lava
Additional Music
Milton Rosen
Additional Music
Hans J. Salter
Additional Music
Walter Scharf
Additional Music
Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Ed Keyes
Props
Connie Earl
Script Supervisor
Arthur D. Kaufman
Best Boy Grip
Les Neal
Grip
Stanley Guliver
Grip
Irving Smith
Gaffer
Percy Ikerd
Unit Production Manager
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Richard H. Riedel
Art Direction
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