The Bad and the Beautiful

1952·118'

Vincente Minnelli

RomanceDrama

★ 7.3

Letterboxd TMDB #32499

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.

Cast

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