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.
Average Score : 73
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
Status: Released
Release Date: 1952-12-25
Production Companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries United States of America,
Run time: 118 minutes
Budget: $1,558,000
Revenue: $3,373,000
- Lana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonDick PowellBarry SullivanGloria GrahameLeo G. CarrollGilbert RolandPaul StewartVanessa BrownElaine StewartSammy WhiteIvan TriesaultJay AdlerStanley AndrewsBen AstarBarbara BillingsleyMadge BlakePaul BradleyRobert BurtonFrancis X. BushmanLouis CalhernMarietta CantyJonathan CottLillian CulverSandy DescherPhil DunhamFranklyn FarnumBess FlowersSteve ForrestKathleen FreemanFrank GerstleNed GlassDabbs GreerDick JohnstoneKenner G. KempPeggy KingMike Lally