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The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • 1968
  • R
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
1.5K
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The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
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A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

  • Director
    • Robert Aldrich
  • Writers
    • Robert Thom
    • Edward DeBlasio
    • Hugo Butler
  • Stars
    • Kim Novak
    • Peter Finch
    • Ernest Borgnine
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Aldrich
    • Writers
      • Robert Thom
      • Edward DeBlasio
      • Hugo Butler
    • Stars
      • Kim Novak
      • Peter Finch
      • Ernest Borgnine
    • 38User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    • Lylah Clare…
    Peter Finch
    Peter Finch
    • Lewis Zarken…
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Barney Sheean
    Milton Selzer
    Milton Selzer
    • Bart Langner
    Rossella Falk
    Rossella Falk
    • Rossella
    Gabriele Tinti
    Gabriele Tinti
    • Paolo
    Valentina Cortese
    Valentina Cortese
    • Countess Bozo Bedoni
    Jean Carroll
    Jean Carroll
    • Becky Langner
    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Mark Peter Sheean
    Coral Browne
    Coral Browne
    • Molly Luther
    Lee Meriwether
    Lee Meriwether
    • Young Girl
    James Lanphier
    James Lanphier
    • 1st Legman
    Robert Ellenstein
    Robert Ellenstein
    • Mike
    Nick Dennis
    Nick Dennis
    • Nick
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Cameraman
    Peter Bravos
    • Butler
    Ellen Corby
    Ellen Corby
    • Script Girl
    Michael Fox
    Michael Fox
    • Announcer
    • Director
      • Robert Aldrich
    • Writers
      • Robert Thom
      • Edward DeBlasio
      • Hugo Butler
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      When Kim Novak walks along Hollywood Boulevard, a theater she passes by is playing The Dirty Dozen (1967), a film director Robert Aldrich made a year earlier, and whose commercial success made it possible for him to start his own production company and make movies like this.
    • Goofs
      After Bart throws the ball through the window glass, every later shot that has the window visible shows no hole or broken glass. Further, the sound of the glass breaking is too late after the ball is thrown.
    • Quotes

      Molly Luther: She's tame enough now, Lewis, but will she turn into a slut like the last one?

    • Connections
      Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Lylah
      Music by Frank De Vol
      Lyrics and Vocal by Sibylle Siegfried

    User reviews38

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    Vertigo redux?

    I just caught this yesterday, home with the flu. It certainly reminded me of Vertigo. Kim Novak takes someone's breath away because she reminds someone mysteriously of Lylah. Kim agrees to take the lead in a movie about Lylah. She is then made into Lylah's image -- recorded for all time in a painting. The difference from Vertigo: in Vertigo you eventually find out Kim is acting in a con; in this movie, the viewer is left to wonder if Lylah's ghost is taking over Kim. In Vertigo, the lead male suffers from vertigo; in this movie, Kim Novak suffers from Vertigo.

    When Kim's voice becomes Lylah, it's laughable. The whole movie is so bad, it's almost good.
    • hawktwo
    • Aug 16, 2001
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    • Release date
      • November 15, 1968 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Große Lüge Lylah Clare
    • Filming locations
      • 1628 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA(Elsa arrives at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant)
    • Production company
      • The Associates & Aldrich Company
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    • Budget
      • $3,490,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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