The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Subtitles for: 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.
| Rate | ★ 7.3/10 (292 votes) |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Duration | 1h 58m |
| Country | United States of America |
| Release | 25 Dec 1952 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Vincente Minnelli |
| Keywords | movie business rise and fall flashback hollywood black and white told in flashback |
| IMDb | tt0044391 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
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Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
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Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
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Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
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Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
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Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
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Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
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Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
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Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
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Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel