The Bad and the Beautiful

December. 25,1952      NR
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Kirk Douglas as  Jonathan Shields
Lana Turner as  Georgia Lorrison
Walter Pidgeon as  Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell as  James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan as  Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame as  Rosemary Bartlow
Gilbert Roland as  Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Leo G. Carroll as  Henry Whitfield
Vanessa Brown as  Kay Amiel
Paul Stewart as  Syd Murphy

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