An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
Richard Conte
Larry O'Brien
Julie Adams
Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau
Richard Egan
Police Lt. Bud Lennox
Henry Hull
Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair
Fred Clark
Sam Collyer
Jim Backus
Mitch Davis
Houseley Stevenson
John Miller, Studio Guard
Paul Cavanagh
Roland Paul
Katherine Meskill
Mary
Louis Lettieri
Jimmy Davis
Francis X. Bushman
Himself
Betty Blythe
Herself
William Farnum
Helen Gibson
Joel McCrea
Rico Alaniz
Spanish Actor (uncredited)
Tony Barr
Seedy Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Crew Member (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Charles Rodale (uncredited)
Harris Brown
Mortuary Employee (uncredited)
Joseph Bryan
Waiter (uncredited)
James J. Casino
Attendant (uncredited)
William Castle
Himself (uncredited)
Bing Conley
Parade Spectator (uncredited)
John Crawford
1st Detective (uncredited)
Russell Dennis
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Eaton
Weird-Looking Woman (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Director (uncredited)
William Fawcett
Actor as Beggar in Commissary (uncredited)
Charlie Gibbs
Detective (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Jimmy Gray
Robert Haines
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Producer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Airport Arrivee (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
William Marks
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Sylvester (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Richard Neill
Barry Norton
Christmas Parade Spectator (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Café Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Policeman (uncredited)
Allen O'Locklin
Gloria Petroff
Kathy (uncredited)
Jack Reynolds
Cameraman (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Cosmo Sardo
Charles Sherlock
Projectionist (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
Actor in Full Dress (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Radio Commentator (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Edwin Tuttle
William Vedder
San Juan Capistrano Sexton (uncredited)
June Whitley Taylor
Juliet Davis (uncredited)
Lon Chaney
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Philbin
Christine Daaé (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keith Kerrigan
Pretty Blonde in Café (uncredited)
Director
Virgil W. Vogel
Editor
Carl E. Guthrie
Director of Photography
Frederick Kohner
Screenplay
Everett Smith
Sound Engineer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Richard H. Riedel
Art Direction
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Bernard Herzbrun
Ray Romero
Leslie I. Carey
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Julia Heron
Irving Smith
Gaffer
Frederick Brady
Leonard Goldstein
Producer
Story
William Grady Jr.
Associate Producer
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Doris Harris
Percy Ikerd
Unit Production Manager
George Lollier
Assistant Director
Ronald R. Rondell
Ed Keyes
Props
Frank Gorback
Les Neal
Grip
Stanley Guliver
Arthur D. Kaufman
Best Boy Grip
John Mehl
Assistant Camera
Richard Towers
Camera Operator
Dave Preston
Wardrobe Master
Rosmond Demetropolos
Betty Carruth
Assistant Editor
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Ethmer Roten
Musician
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Additional Music
Edgar Fairchild
Elizabeth Firestone
Ralph Freed
William Lava
Milton Rosen
Hans J. Salter
Walter Scharf
Connie Earl
Script Supervisor
Leon Charles
Dialogue Coach
Ellis Coleman
Production Coordinator
