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Drama / Romance

The Bad and the Beautiful

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

19521h 58mNR 7.3/ 10

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.

Cast

  • Lana TurnerGeorgia Lorrison
  • Kirk DouglasJonathan Shields
  • Walter PidgeonHarry Pebbel
  • Dick PowellJames Lee Bartlow
  • Barry SullivanFred Amiel
  • Gloria GrahameRosemary Bartlow
  • Leo G. CarrollHenry Whitfield
  • Gilbert RolandVictor "Gaucho" Ribera
  • Paul StewartSyd Murphy
  • Vanessa BrownKay Amiel
  • Elaine StewartLila
  • Sammy WhiteGus
  • Ivan TriesaultVon Ellstein
  • L
    Lucy KnochBlonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
  • Jay AdlerMr. Z (uncredited)
  • Stanley AndrewsSheriff (uncredited)

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