A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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
Lee Meriwether
as Young Girl
Robert Ellenstein
as Mike
