Hollywood Story

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

Cast

Richard Conte

as Larry O'Brien

Julie Adams

as Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau

Richard Egan

as Police Lt. Bud Lennox

Henry Hull

as Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair

Fred Clark

as Sam Collyer

Jim Backus

as Mitch Davis

Houseley Stevenson

as John Miller, Studio Guard

Paul Cavanagh

as Roland Paul

Katherine Meskill

as Mary

Louis Lettieri

as Jimmy Davis

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