The Bad and the Beautiful
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
1952-12-25 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Lana TurnerGeorgia Lorrison
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Kirk DouglasJonathan Shields
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Walter PidgeonHarry Pebbel
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Dick PowellJames Lee Bartlow
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Barry SullivanFred Amiel
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Gloria GrahameRosemary Bartlow
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Leo G. CarrollHenry Whitfield
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Gilbert RolandVictor "Gaucho" Ribera
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Paul StewartSyd Murphy
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Vanessa BrownKay Amiel
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Elaine StewartLila
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Sammy WhiteGus
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Ivan TriesaultVon Ellstein
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Jay AdlerMr. Z (uncredited)
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Stanley AndrewsSheriff (uncredited)
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Ben AstarJoe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
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Barbara BillingsleyEvelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
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