The Legend of Lylah Clare
Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend.
1968 | 130m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Aldrich |
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| Writer: | Jean Rouverol, Hugo Butler |
| Staring: |
| A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 21, 1968 |
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| Director: | Robert Aldrich |
| Writer: | Jean Rouverol, Hugo Butler |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Keywords | hollywood, psychological thriller, movie star |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Associates & Aldrich Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kim Novak | Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell |
| Peter Finch | Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack |
| Ernest Borgnine | Barney Sheean |
| Milton Selzer | Bart Langner |
| Rossella Falk | Rossella |
| Gabriele Tinti | Paolo |
| Valentina Cortese | Countess Bozo Bedoni |
| Jean Carroll | Becky Langner |
| Michael Murphy | Mark Peter Sheean |
| Coral Browne | Molly Luther |
| Lee Meriwether | Young Girl |
| Robert Ellenstein | Mike |
| Ellen Corby | Script Girl |
| George Kennedy | Matt Burke |
| Dick Miller | Reporter at Press Party |
| Al Bain | Crew Member |
| Tom Palmer | Press Party Guest |
| William Beckley | Zarkan |
| Jan Peters | Prop Man |
| Queenie Smith | Hairdresser |
| John Alvin | Accountant (uncredited) |
| Ernest Anderson | Hot Dog Man (uncredited) |
| Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Gene Chronopoulos | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited) |
| Billy Curtis | Clown (uncredited) |
| Duke Fishman | Crew Member (uncredited) |
| Rex Holman | Young Man (uncredited) |
| John Indrisano | Studio Grip (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited) |
| James McEachin | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Hans Moebus | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Monty O'Grady | Press Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Joe Ploski | German Bartender in Film (uncredited) |
| Cosmo Sardo | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Bernard Sell | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Max Wagner | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Victoria Zinny | Reporter (uncredited) |
| James Lanphier | 1st Legman |
| Nick Dennis | Nick |
| Dave Willock | Cameraman |
| Peter Bravos | Butler |
| Michael Fox | Announcer |
| Hal Maguire | 2nd Legman |
| Vernon Scott | Vernon Scott |
| Sidney Skolsky | Sidney Skolsky |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Jean Rouverol | Screenplay |
| Robert Aldrich | Director |
| Robert Thom | Teleplay |
| Edward DeBlasio | Teleplay |
| Hugo Butler | Screenplay |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| William Glasgow | Art Direction |
| F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Arthur Gerstle | Assistant Camera |
| Kenny Bell | Still Photographer |
| Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Michael Luciano | Editor |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Frank De Vol | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Robert Aldrich | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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