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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
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The Bad and the Beautiful

1952Directed by Vincente Minnelli1h 58m

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.

  • Drama
  • Romance

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
  • Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield
  • Gilbert Roland as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
  • Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy
  • Vanessa Brown as Kay Amiel
  • Elaine Stewart as Lila
  • Sammy White as Gus
  • Ivan Triesault as Von Ellstein
  • Lucy Knoch as Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
  • Jay Adler as Mr. Z (uncredited)
  • Stanley Andrews as Sheriff (uncredited)

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