An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
Stephen Boyd
as Frank Fane
Elke Sommer
as Kay Bergdahl
Milton Berle
as Kappy Kapstetter
Eleanor Parker
as Sophie Cantaro
Joseph Cotten
as Kenneth Regan
Tony Bennett
as Hymie Kelly
Jill St. John
as Laurel Scott
Ernest Borgnine
as Barney Yale
Edie Adams
as Trina Yale
Broderick Crawford
as Sheriff
Walter Brennan
as Quentin
Ed Begley
as Grosbard
