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The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Legend of Lylah Clare

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The Legend of Lylah Clare

"Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend."

1968

2h 10m

6.0(31 votes)

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Overview

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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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Barney Sheean

Milton Selzer

Milton Selzer

Bart Langner

Rossella Falk

Rossella Falk

Rossella

Gabriele Tinti

Gabriele Tinti

Paolo

Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese

Countess Bozo Bedoni

Jean Carroll

Becky Langner

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Mark Peter Sheean

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Molly Luther

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Written by: Jean Rouverol
Hugo Butler
Produced by: Robert Aldrich

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