The Legend of Lylah Clare

Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend.

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

Drama Crime Mystery

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))

Alan Marston

(Press Party Guest (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))