Creighton! If you go to her, don't bother to come back!

Description: The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.

Cast:
Lon Chaney: James Cagney
Cleva Creighton Chaney: Dorothy Malone
Hazel Bennet Chaney: Jane Greer
Gert: Marjorie Rambeau
Clarence Locan: Jim Backus
Irving Thalberg: Robert Evans
Mrs. Chaney: Celia Lovsky
Carrie Chaney: Jeanne Cagney
Dr. J. Wilson Shields: Jack Albertson
Creighton Chaney at 21: Roger Smith
Creighton Chaney at 13: Robert Lyden
Creighton Chaney at 8: Rickie Sorensen
Creighton Chaney at 4: Dennis Rush
Pa Chaney: Nolan Leary
Carl Hastings: Simon Scott
Clarence Kolb: Clarence Kolb
Max Dill: Danny Beck
George Loane Tucker: Philip Van Zandt
Comedy Waiter: 'Snub' Pollard
Saloon Proprietor: John Halloran
Nurse: Natalie Masters
Cleva's Birth Doctor: Harry Antrim
Stagehand: Walter Lawrence
Actor in Bullpen: George Sowards
Miracle Man Extra: Bobby Barber
Divorce Judge: Russ Bender
Vera, Housekeeper: Marjorie Bennett
Chorine: Jane Strangis
Cameraman of 'Unholy Three': Nicky Blair
David T. Stone: Larry J. Blake
Piano Player: Harold Bostwick
Mrs. Heinley: Helen Brown
Jack Conway, Director of 'Unholy Three': Robert Brubaker
William R. Darrow Jr.: John Bryant
Ceremony Guest: Ray Spiker
Studio Guard: Eddie Parker
Chinese Extra in Bullpen: Annie Yip
Shadow Dancer: Bill Chatham
Extra in Bullpen: Harry Wilson
Crew Member: Dick Cherney
Audience Extra: Heinie Conklin
Harry Earles - Midget Actor in 'The Unholy Three': Billy Curtis
Reporter at Chaney's House: Ken Terrell
Assistant Director in Bullpen: Joe Merritt
Script Supervisor, 'Laugh Clown Laugh': Helene Drake
Messenger Boy: Steve Drexel
Assistant Director of 'Hunchback': William Flaherty
Thalberg's Secretary: Elizabeth Flournoy
Cowboy Extra in Bullpen: Clem Fuller
Lon Chaney at 8: Jerry Hartleben
Ivan Linow, Actor playing Hercules in 'Unholy Three': Charles Horvath
David Anderson, Reporter: William Hudson
Flogger of 'Hunchback': Dave Kashner
Audience at Eulogy: Tom Kennedy
Don, a Stagehand: Donald Kerr
Mary Philbin in 'Phantom': Nancy Kilgas
Police Lieutenant in Hospital: Jess Kirkpatrick
Lighting Man of 'Unholy Three': Mike Lally
George Chaney: Hugh Lawrence
Theatre Patron: Robert Locke Lorraine
Emergency Room Doctor: Herbert Lytton
Director in Bullpen: Ralph Montgomery
Townsman in Miracle Man: Jack Tornek
Restaurant Patron: Norman Stevans
John Chaney: Leo Needham
Scotty, Stage Door Man: Hank Patterson
Mr. Tait: George Pembroke
Director of 'Hunchback': George Peters
Director of 'Phantom': Foster H. Phinney
Assistant Director of 'Unholy Three': Mike Portanova
Studio Executive: Paul Power
Assistant Director: George Ramsey
Casting Director: James Seay
Carrie Chaney at 6: Lelani Sorenson
Policeman, 'Unholy Three' Set: Robert Stevenson
Chaney's Divorce Lawyer: Hal Taggart
Miracle Man: Forrest Taylor
Orchestra Leader: Jack Tesler
Chinese Extra: Sammee Tong
Louisa, Cleva's Maid: Frances E. Williams

Written by: Ralph Wheelwright, R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff

Director: Joseph Pevney

Production: Universal International Pictures

Release date: 19 Nov 1957