The Bad and the Beautiful
1952, Film, 118 min, Drama, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 73
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Cast
- Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison
- Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields
- Walter Pidgeon as Harry Pebbel
- Dick Powell as James Lee Bartlow
- Barry Sullivan as Fred Amiel
- Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow
- Gilbert Roland as 'Gaucho'
- Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield
- Vanessa Brown as Kay Amiel
- Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy
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