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The Bad and the Beautiful

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.

1952 |1h 58m | Drama, Romance

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Cast

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Sammy White

Gus

Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Ben Astar

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

Madge Blake

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Burton

McDill (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman

Eulogist (uncredited)

Louis Calhern

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Marietta Canty

Ida (uncredited)

Jonathan Cott

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

Sandy Descher

Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)

Phil Dunham

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

Steve Forrest

Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Miss March (uncredited)

Frank Gerstle

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

Ned Glass

Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Mourner (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Mourner (uncredited)

Peggy King

Singer at Party (uncredited)

George J. Lewis

"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Marion

Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

May McAvoy

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Mourner (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Christopher Olsen

Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Patrick

Arlene (uncredited)

William Phillips

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Jeff Richards

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Poker Player (uncredited)

William Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Man (uncredited)

Kaaren Verne

Rosa (uncredited)

Ray Walker

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$1,558,000.00

Revenue

$3,373,000.00