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19521h 58mNREnglish

The Bad and the Beautiful

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

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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.

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DirectorVincente Minnelli

Keywords

movie businessrise and fallflashbackhollywoodblack and whitetold in flashback
Budget$2M
Box Office$3M

Cast

Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Walter Pidgeon as Harry Pebbel

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Dick Powell as James Lee Bartlow

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan as Fred Amiel

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown as Kay Amiel

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel