"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
as Larry O'Brien
Julie Adams
as Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau
Richard Egan
as Police Lt. Bud Lennox
Henry Hull
as Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair
Fred Clark
as Sam Collyer
Jim Backus
as Mitch Davis
Houseley Stevenson
as John Miller, Studio Guard
Paul Cavanagh
as Roland Paul
Katherine Meskill
as Mary
Louis Lettieri
as Jimmy Davis
Francis X. Bushman
as Himself
Betty Blythe
as Herself
William Farnum
Helen Gibson
Joel McCrea
as Joel McCrea
Rico Alaniz
as Spanish Actor (uncredited)
Tony Barr
as Seedy Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Crew Member (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
as Charles Rodale (uncredited)
Harris Brown
as Mortuary Employee (uncredited)
Joseph Bryan
as Waiter (uncredited)
James J. Casino
as Attendant (uncredited)
William Castle
as Himself (uncredited)
Bing Conley
as Parade Spectator (uncredited)
John Crawford
as 1st Detective (uncredited)
Russell Dennis
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Eaton
as Weird-Looking Woman (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
as Director (uncredited)
William Fawcett
as Actor as Beggar in Commissary (uncredited)
Charlie Gibbs
as Detective (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Jimmy Gray
Robert Haines
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
as Producer (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Airport Arrivee (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
William Marks
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
as Sylvester (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Richard Neill
Barry Norton
as Christmas Parade Spectator (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Policeman (uncredited)
Allen O'Locklin
Gloria Petroff
as Kathy (uncredited)
Jack Reynolds
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Cosmo Sardo
Charles Sherlock
as Projectionist (uncredited)
Robert Sherman
as Actor in Full Dress (uncredited)
Olan Soule
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Edwin Tuttle
William Vedder
as San Juan Capistrano Sexton (uncredited)
June Whitley Taylor
as Juliet Davis (uncredited)
Lon Chaney
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Philbin
as Christine Daaé (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keith Kerrigan
as 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