"First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be America's greatest sex goddess. Theirs was a sizzling romance — torrid, touching, tragic."
Lloyd Bridges
as Johnny Hyde
Constance Forslund
as Marilyn Monroe
Norman Fell
as Pat Toledo
Vic Tayback
as Harry Cohn
Michael Lerner
as Jack Warner
John Marley
as Joe Schenck
Richard Seer
as Norman
Lee Wallace
as Samuel Goldwyn
William Frankfather
as John Huston
Philip Sterling
as Dr. Freed
Sondra Blake
as Mrs. Baker
Barney Martin
as Eddie Mannix
Michael Strong
as Sol Silverman
Peter Maloney
as Darryl Zanuck
Stephen Keep Mills
as Dore Schary
Kathleen King
as Margot Revere
Lee Wilkof
as Paddy
Fred Sadoff
as Dr. Benson
Mary Gregory
as Hospital Matron
Bob Harders
as UCLA Student
John Dennis
as Andrews
Michael Prince
as David
Clyde Ventura
as Derek
Don Diamond
as Lacey's Captain
Amelia Haas
as Nurse
Angela Aames
as Blonde at Pool
Peggy Ann Garner
as Stepmother (uncredited)
Leonard Drake
Hairstylist
Dick James
Wardrobe Supervisor
James Lapidus
Costumer
Jerry Adams
Set Decoration
Mike Miner
Property Master
Agnes G. Henry
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Michael Baugh
Production Design
Stan Margulies
Producer
Pat Harris
Casting
Eugene Marks
Music Editor
Travilla
Costume Design
Gayne Rescher
Director of Photography
Lawrence E. Neiman
Sound Effects Editor
Don Rush
Sound Recordist
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Peter Bernstein
Orchestrator
Michael McCroskey
Editor
Richard Blair
Makeup Artist
Jack K. Tillar
John Erman
Director
James Lee
Teleplay
Garson Kanin
Novel