

119 minutes
3/4/1966
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

Stephen Boyd
as Frank Fane

Elke Sommer
as Kay Bergdahl

Milton Berle
as Kappy Kapstetter

Eleanor Parker
as Sophie Cantaro

Joseph Cotten
as Kenneth Regan

Tony Bennett
as Hymie Kelly

Jill St. John
as Laurel Scott

Ernest Borgnine
as Barney Yale

Edie Adams
as Trina Yale

Broderick Crawford
as Sheriff

Walter Brennan
as Quentin

Ed Begley
as Grosbard

Jack Soo
as Sam

Peter Lawford
as Steve Marks

Jean Hale
as Cheryl Barker

James Dunn
as TV executive

Merle Oberon
as Merle Oberon

Edith Head
as Edith Head

Hedda Hopper
as Hedda Hopper

Peter Leeds
as Stage Director

Nancy Sinatra
as Nancy Sinatra

Bob Hope
as Bob Hope

Thordis Brandt
as Actress

Joan Crawford
as Joan Crawford

Frank Sinatra
as Frank Sinatra

Dennis Cross
as Reporter