The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend.
Directed by Robert Aldrich
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A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Written by
- Hugo Butler, Jean Rouverol
- Produced by
- Robert Aldrich
- Composer
- Frank De Vol
- Cinematographer
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Editor
- Michael Luciano
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (31 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 60% Fresh
- IMDb
- 5.7/10 (1,539 votes)
Cast
Kim Novak
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Peter Finch
Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Sheean
Milton Selzer
Bart Langner
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Gabriele Tinti
Paolo
Valentina Cortese
Countess Bozo Bedoni
Jean Carroll
Becky Langner
Michael Murphy
Mark Peter Sheean
Coral Browne
Molly Luther
Lee Meriwether
Young Girl
Robert Ellenstein
Mike
Ellen Corby
Script Girl
George Kennedy
Matt Burke
Dick Miller
Reporter at Press Party
Al Bain
Crew Member
Tom Palmer
Press Party Guest
William Beckley
Zarkan
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