Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend.
5.9
130 min
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Kim Novak | Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell | Unowned |
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Peter Finch | Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack | Unowned |
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Ernest Borgnine | Barney Sheean | Unowned |
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Milton Selzer | Bart Langner | Unowned |
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Rossella Falk | Rossella | Unowned |
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Gabriele Tinti | Paolo | Unowned |
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Valentina Cortese | Countess Bozo Bedoni | Unowned |
| Jean Carroll | Becky Langner | Unowned | |
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Michael Murphy | Mark Peter Sheean | Unowned |
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Coral Browne | Molly Luther | Unowned |
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Lee Meriwether | Young Girl | Unowned |
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Robert Ellenstein | Mike | Unowned |
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Ellen Corby | Script Girl | Unowned |
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George Kennedy | Matt Burke | Unowned |
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Dick Miller | Reporter at Press Party | Unowned |
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Al Bain | Crew Member | Unowned |
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Tom Palmer | Press Party Guest | Unowned |
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William Beckley | Zarkan | Unowned |
| Jan Peters | Prop Man | Unowned | |
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Queenie Smith | Hairdresser | Unowned |
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John Alvin | Accountant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ernest Anderson | Hot Dog Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Gene Chronopoulos | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Robert Cornthwaite | Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Billy Curtis | Clown (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Duke Fishman | Crew Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Rex Holman | Young Man (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| John Indrisano | Studio Grip (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Kenner G. Kemp | Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited) | Unowned |
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James McEachin | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Hans Moebus | Minor Role (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Monty O'Grady | Press Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Joe Ploski | German Bartender in Film (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Cosmo Sardo | Photographer (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Bernard Sell | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Max Wagner | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Victoria Zinny | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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James Lanphier | 1st Legman | Unowned |
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Nick Dennis | Nick | Unowned |
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Dave Willock | Cameraman | Unowned |
| Peter Bravos | Butler | Unowned | |
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Michael Fox | Announcer | Unowned |
| Hal Maguire | 2nd Legman | Unowned | |
| Vernon Scott | Vernon Scott | Unowned | |
| Sidney Skolsky | Sidney Skolsky | Unowned |