The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Legend of Lylah Clare
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Directed by	Robert Aldrich
Produced by	Robert Aldrich
Written by	Hugo Butler (writer) Edward DeBlasio (writer)
Starring	Peter Finch Kim Novak Ernest Borgnine Michael Murphy Valentina Cortese
Music by	Frank De Vol
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc
Editing by	Michael Luciano
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	November 16, 1968
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,490,000

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) is a film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Aldrich. The film stars Peter Finch, Kim Novak, Ernest Borgnine, Michael Murphy, and Valentina Cortese. The film was based on a 1962 Dupont Show of the Week TV drama co-written by Wild in the Streets creator Robert Thom.

Plot summary

Lylah Clare (Novak) is a dead film star. Movie-producer Barney Sheean (Borgnine) hires Elsa Brinkmann (Novak), the living image of the late Lylah, to star in a film based on Clare's life. Barney hires director Lewis Zarkan (Finch), Lylah's former husband, to transform the talentless Elsa into a facsimile of the deceased screen queen.

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
• Lee Meriwether as Young girl
• James Lanphier as Legman #1
• Robert Ellenstein as Mike
• Nick Dennis as Nick
• Dave Willock as Cameraman
• Coral Browne as Molly Luther

External links

• The Legend of Lylah Clare at the Internet Movie Database
• The Legend of Lylah Clare at the TCM Movie Database
• The Legend of Lylah Clare at AllRovi