Directed by:
Robert AldrichCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Gabriele Tinti, Rossella Falk, Valentina Cortese, Michael Murphy, Jean Carroll, Lee Meriwether, Ellen Corby (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A dictatorial film director (Finch) hires an unknown actress (Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kim Novak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267526_0998d4.jpg)
Kim Novak
USA
Best movies:
Vertigo (1958)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
![Peter Finch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/392/164392671_0f382e.png)
Peter Finch
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
The Nun's Story (1959)
![Ernest Borgnine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363776_c9544a.png)
Ernest Borgnine
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Gabriele Tinti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/531/165531388_59cbfd.jpg)
Gabriele Tinti
Italy
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
![Rossella Falk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281319_ecb09d.jpg)
Rossella Falk
Italy
Best movies:
8½ (1963)
The Fifth Cord (1971)
The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
![Valentina Cortese](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483234_a0fa54.jpg)
Valentina Cortese
Italy
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
![Michael Murphy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274882_0691b6.jpg)
Michael Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Manhattan (1979)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Jean Carroll
USA
Best movies:
The Lodger (1944)
![Lee Meriwether](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312346_fb0d41.jpg)
Lee Meriwether
USA
Best movies:
The Ultimate Gift (2006)
The Undefeated (1969)
Batman: The Movie (1966)
![Ellen Corby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505194_0e3db9.jpg)
Ellen Corby
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
![Queenie Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439946_7e5f1b.jpg)
Queenie Smith
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Show Boat (1936)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
![George Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/386/164386844_3142e0.png)
George Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Charade (1963)
![Dick Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/146/163146879_161189.png)
Dick Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
![James McEachin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426759_46bb19.gif)
James McEachin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Lawyer (1970)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![Nick Dennis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506890_3ef54f.jpg)
Nick Dennis
Greece
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Spartacus (1960)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
![Dave Willock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000079_4177bc.gif)
Dave Willock
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
![Robert Ellenstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000238_d603b9.gif)
Robert Ellenstein
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Danny Borzage
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Vertigo (1958)
Joe Ploski
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Stalag 17 (1953)