A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
Michael Caine
as Mickey King
Mickey Rooney
as Preston Gilbert
Lionel Stander
as Ben Dinuccio
Lizabeth Scott
as Princess Betty Cippola
Nadia Cassini
as Liz Adams
Dennis Price
as The Englishman
Al Lettieri
as Miller
Leopoldo Trieste
as Marcovic
Amerigo Tot
as Partisan
Robert Sacchi
as The Bogeyman
Giulio Donnini
as Typing Pool Manager
Luciano Pigozzi
as Clairvoyant
