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Top billed cast
Christopher PlummerNarrator
Rudy BehlmerSelf - Film Historian
Gore VidalSelf - Author
J.J. CohnSelf - MGM Executive
William WylerSelf - Director (archive footage)- Catherine WylerSelf
Ralph E. WintersSelf - Editor- Edward Carfagno Jr.Self
Richard EdlundSelf - Special Effects Director- David RaksinSelf - Composer
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