A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
Michael Caine
Mickey King
Mickey Rooney
Preston Gilbert
Lionel Stander
Ben Dinuccio
Lizabeth Scott
Princess Betty Cippola
Nadia Cassini
Liz Adams
Dennis Price
The Englishman
Al Lettieri
Miller
Leopoldo Trieste
Marcovic
Amerigo Tot
Partisan
Robert Sacchi
The Bogeyman
Giulio Donnini
Typing Pool Manager
Luciano Pigozzi
Clairvoyant
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Office Manageress
Liù Bosisio
Typist #1
Cristina Gaïoni
Typist #2
Janet Ågren
Publisher's Receptionist
Irene Sophie Opperman
Coach Trip Hostess
Iver Gilborn
Coach Tourist
Elaine Olcott
Ave Ninchi
Fat Chambermaid
Ermelinda De Felice
Woman in Barbershop
Werner Hasselmann
Tourist in Restaurant
Louise Lambert
Victor Mercieca
Prince Frank Cippola
Cettina Borg Olivier
Gilbert's Mother
Joe Zammit Cordina
The Beautiful Thing
Mike Hodges
Director
Writer
Michael Dryhurst
Assistant Director
Doreen Dearnaley
Continuity
Philippe Pickford
Wardrobe Master
Peter Horrocks
Sound Editor
George Martin
Conductor
Jean Osborne
Unit Publicist
Dusty Miller
Camera Operator
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Recordist
Denton Scott
Production Accountant
Ron Ballanger
Special Effects
John Jay
Still Photographer
Syd Nightingale
Construction Manager
Robert Sterne
Production Supervisor
Patrick Downing
Production Design
George Partleton
Makeup Artist
Ousama Rawi
Director of Photography
Producer
Mike Jones
Hairstylist
Darrell Lass
Art Direction
Paul Engelen
Irene Lamb
Casting
Gitt Magrini
Costume Design
Michael Klinger
John Glen
Editor
Christian Wangler
Richard Laughton
Boom Operator
Vicki Deason
Production Secretary
Music
