The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Release: 1968-08-21
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 5.9
Drama
Crime
Mystery
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Associates & Aldrich Company
Cast
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
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
Queenie Smith
as Hairdresser
John Alvin
as Accountant (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
as Hot Dog Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite
as Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
as Clown (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited)
James McEachin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
as Press Party Guest (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Photographer (uncredited)
Victoria Zinny
as Reporter (uncredited)
James Lanphier
as 1st Legman
Nick Dennis
as Nick
Dave Willock
as Cameraman
Michael Fox
as Announcer