Directed by:
William CastleCinematography:
Carl E. GuthrieComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Houseley Stevenson, Paul Cavanagh, Francis X. Bushman, Katherine Meskill (more)Plots(1)
During the 1950s Hollywood, an independent producer unwisely opens an old can of worms when he decides to make a movie about the 1929 unsolved murder of a famous silent-film director. Starring Richard Conte with cameos by silent film stars such as Helen Gibson and Francis X. Bushman and produced by William Castle. (Via Vision Entertainment)
Cast
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Julie Adams
USA
Best movies:
One Desire (1955)
Tickle Me (1965)
Bend of the River (1952)
Richard Egan
USA
Best movies:
The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
Underwater! (1955)
Hollywood Story (1951)
Henry Hull
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Chase (1966)
Fred Clark
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
White Heat (1949)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Jim Backus
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Houseley Stevenson
UK
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Dark Passage (1947)
Paul Cavanagh
UK
Best movies:
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Francis X. Bushman
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Katherine Meskill
USA
Best movies:
Hollywood Story (1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
William Farnum
USA
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
The Crusades (1935)
Joel McCrea
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
These Three (1936)
Colorado Territory (1949)
Elmo Lincoln
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Graduate (1967)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
Lon Chaney (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
The Shock (1923)