A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Cast
Kim Novak
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Peter Finch
Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Sheean
Milton Selzer
Bart Langner
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Gabriele Tinti
Paolo
Valentina Cortese
Countess Bozo Bedoni
Jean Carroll
Becky Langner
Michael Murphy
Mark Peter Sheean
Coral Browne
Molly Luther
Lee Meriwether
Young Girl
Robert Ellenstein
Mike
Ellen Corby
Script Girl
George Kennedy
Matt Burke
Dick Miller
Reporter at Press Party
Al Bain
Crew Member
Tom Palmer
Press Party Guest
William Beckley
Zarkan
Jan Peters
Prop Man
Queenie Smith
Hairdresser
John Alvin
Accountant (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
Hot Dog Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Stagehand (uncredited)
Gene Chronopoulos
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite
Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
Clown (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Crew Member (uncredited)
Rex Holman
Young Man (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Studio Grip (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited)
James McEachin
Reporter (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Minor Role (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Press Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
German Bartender in Film (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Photographer (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Reporter (uncredited)
Victoria Zinny
Reporter (uncredited)
James Lanphier
1st Legman
Nick Dennis
Nick
Dave Willock
Cameraman
Peter Bravos
Butler
Michael Fox
Announcer
Hal Maguire
2nd Legman
Vernon Scott
Vernon Scott
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky
Crew
Robert Aldrich
Director, Producer
Jean Rouverol
Screenplay
Hugo Butler
Screenplay
Edward DeBlasio
Teleplay
Robert Thom
Teleplay
Michael Luciano
Editor
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera
Renié
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Kenny Bell
Still Photographer
William Glasgow
Art Direction
George W. Davis
Art Direction
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