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
Producer
Michael Klinger
Sep 25, 1987
Dec 7, 1984
May 9, 1952
Sep 3, 2000
Aug 15, 2008
Sep 2, 1964
Sep 10, 2005
Dec 25, 2008
Jun 23, 1944
Jan 28, 2021
Sep 11, 2007
Mar 10, 2012
May 1, 2009
Jan 4, 2012
Oct 10, 2009
Feb 10, 1977
Three Michaels Film Productions
United Kingdom
English
Deutsch
Italiano