"Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood."
Viva
as Viva
James Rado
as Jim
Gerome Ragni
as Jerry
Shirley Clarke
as Shirley
Carlos Clarens
as Carlos
Eddie Constantine
as Eddie
Max Laemmle
as Max
Steve Kenis
as Steve
Hal Landers
as Hal
Billie Dixon
as Jean Harlow in The Beard
Richard Bright
as Billy the Kid in The Beard
Peter Bogdanovich
as Peter (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethel Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Coretta Scott King
Michael McClure
as The Beard Writer (uncredited)
Jim Morrison
as Self (uncredited)
John XXIII.
Peter Rafelson
as (uncredited)
Rip Torn
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Agnès Varda
as Agnès (uncredited)
Andy Warhol
Director
Max L. Raab
Presenter
Stevan Larner
Director of Photography
Robert Dalva
Editor
Carolyn Hicks
Joseph Byrd
Music
Writer
Producer
Jack Wright III
Art Direction
George Alch
Sound
Andy Babbish
George Porter
Lynne Littman
Assistant Director
Lee Alexander
Assistant Camera
Glenn Roland
Gaffer
William A. Weaver