A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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Kim Novak as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Peter Finch as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Ernest Borgnine as Barney Sheean
Milton Selzer as Bart Langner
Rossella Falk as Rossella
Gabriele Tinti as Paolo
Valentina Cortese as Countess Bozo Bedoni
Jean Carroll as Becky Langner
Michael Murphy as Mark Peter Sheean
Coral Browne as Molly Luther
Lee Meriwether as Young Girl
Robert Ellenstein as Mike
Ellen Corby as Script Girl
George Kennedy as Matt Burke
Dick Miller as Reporter at Press Party
Al Bain as Crew Member
Tom Palmer as Press Party Guest
William Beckley as Zarkan
Jan Peters as Prop Man
Queenie Smith as Hairdresser
John Alvin as Accountant (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson as Hot Dog Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Stagehand (uncredited)
Gene Chronopoulos as Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite as Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited)
Billy Curtis as Clown (uncredited)
Duke Fishman as Crew Member (uncredited)
Rex Holman as Young Man (uncredited)
John Indrisano as Studio Grip (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited)
James McEachin as Reporter (uncredited)
Hans Moebus as Minor Role (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady as Press Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Ploski as German Bartender in Film (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Photographer (uncredited)
Bernard Sell as Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner as Reporter (uncredited)
Victoria Zinny as Reporter (uncredited)
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