An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
Cast
Stephen Boyd
Frank Fane
Elke Sommer
Kay Bergdahl
Milton Berle
Kappy Kapstetter
Eleanor Parker
Sophie Cantaro
Joseph Cotten
Kenneth Regan
Tony Bennett
Hymie Kelly
Jill St. John
Laurel Scott
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Yale
Edie Adams
Trina Yale
Broderick Crawford
Sheriff
Walter Brennan
Quentin
Ed Begley
Grosbard
Jack Soo
Sam
Peter Lawford
Steve Marks
Jean Hale
Cheryl Barker
James Dunn
TV executive
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Edith Head
Edith Head
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Peter Leeds
Stage Director
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Thordis Brandt
Actress
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Dennis Cross
Reporter
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