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"HAMMERSMITH, master criminal and nut, is out. Watch Out!"
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.
19 Cast Members
Elizabeth Taylor
Jimmie Jean Jackson
Richard Burton
Hammersmith
Peter Ustinov
Doctor
Beau Bridges
Billy Breedlove
Leon Ames
General Sam Pembroke
Leon Askin
Dr. Krodt
George Raft
Guido Scartucci
John Schuck
Henry Joe
Marjorie Eaton
Princess
Lisa Jak
Kiddo
Linda Gaye Scott
Miss Quim
Mel Berger
Fat Man
Anthony Holland
Oldham
Brook Williams
Pete Rutter
Carl Don
Cleopatra
Joe Espinoza
Duke
Neola Graef
Topless Shoeshine Girl (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Stan Ross
Patient (uncredited)
