The Legend of Lylah Clare

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

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

Jean Carroll

as Becky Langner

Michael Murphy

as Mark Peter Sheean

Coral Browne

as Molly Luther

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