The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
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.
Rated
NR
Year
1952
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
25 December 1952
TMDB
7.3 (310)
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Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Sammy White
Gus
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
L
Lucy Knoch
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
D
Del Armstrong
Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
J
John Bishop
Ferraday (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
P
Paul Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited)
H
Hadda Brooks
Piano Player (uncredited)
R
Ralph Brooks
Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Burton
McDill (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Ida (uncredited)
R
Robert Carson
Casting Director (uncredited)
B
Beulah Christian
Party Guest (uncredited)
J
Janet Comerford
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
J
James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
A
Alexis Davidoff
Priest (uncredited)
B
Bob Davis
Assistant (uncredited)
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
H
Helen Dickson
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
S
Steve Dunhill
Cameraman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
J
James Farrar
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
C
Charles Fogel
Poker Player (uncredited)
G
George Ford
Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March (uncredited)
R
Rudy Germane
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
J
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
J
James Gonzalez
Party Guest (uncredited)
P
Phyllis Graffeo
Leading Lady (uncredited)
H
Herschel Graham
Party Guest (uncredited)
A
A. Cameron Grant
Assistant Director (uncredited)
M
Marion Gray
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
W
William E. Green
Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
R
Robert Haines
Mourner (uncredited)
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