The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Legend of Lylah Clare

130 mins | Drama | Aug. 21, 1968

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

The Legend of Lylah Clare

130 mins | Drama | Aug. 21, 1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Associates & Aldrich Company
Original title The Legend of Lylah Clare
Directors Charles C. Coleman, Robert Aldrich
Writers Edward DeBlasio, Robert Thom, Jean Rouverol, Hugo Butler

Cast

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

Ellen Corby

as Script Girl

George Kennedy

as Matt Burke (uncredited)

Dick Miller

as Reporter at Press Party (uncredited)

Al Bain

as Crew Member (uncredited)