"The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape."
Elizabeth Taylor
as Jimmie Jean Jackson
Richard Burton
as Hammersmith
Peter Ustinov
as Doctor
Beau Bridges
as Billy Breedlove
Leon Ames
as General Sam Pembroke
Leon Askin
as Dr. Krodt
George Raft
as Guido Scartucci
John Schuck
as Henry Joe
Marjorie Eaton
as Princess
Lisa Jak
as Kiddo
Linda Gaye Scott
as Miss Quim
Mel Berger
as Fat Man
Anthony Holland
as Oldham
Brook Williams
as Pete Rutter
Carl Don
as Cleopatra
Joe Espinoza
as Duke
Neola Graef
as Topless Shoeshine Girl (uncredited)
Bob Harks
as Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Stan Ross
as Patient (uncredited)
Director
Stanford Whitmore
Writer
Dominic Frontiere
Original Music Composer
Alex Lucas
Producer
Richard H. Kline
Director of Photography
J. Cornelius Crean
Executive Producer
David E. Blewitt
Editor
Hoyt Bowers
Casting
Claudye Bozzachi
Hairdresser
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
Alexandre de Paris
Wig Designer
Frank Beetson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Frank Wade
Production Manager
Robert S. Eisen
Post Production Supervisor
Harry Eisen
Newt Arnold
Assistant Director
Robert R. Benton
Set Dresser
Mark Wade
Property Master
James Plannette
Gaffer
Edith Head
Costumer
Edward McDermott
Wardrobe Master
Bonnie Prendergast
Script Supervisor
Igo Kantor
Music Supervisor
Erma E. Levin
Music Editor
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Greg Van Dyke
Transportation Coordinator
Burdick S. Trask
Sound Mixer
Roger Sword
Sound Editor
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
George Fredrick
Charles L. Campbell
Norman Suffern
Richard Portman
Jim Bullock
Neil Brunnenkant
Justin Buehrlen
Finance
Melba Spaugy
Projection
Production Assistant