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The Bad and the Beautiful

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

7.3 average rating
★★★★★
7.3
English / 118 MIN. / 1952

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Lana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonDick PowellBarry SullivanGloria GrahameLeo G. CarrollGilbert RolandPaul StewartVanessa BrownElaine StewartSammy WhiteIvan TriesaultLucy KnochJay AdlerStanley AndrewsDel ArmstrongBen AstarBarbara BillingsleyJohn BishopMadge BlakeMarshall BradfordPaul BradleyHadda BrooksRalph BrooksRobert BurtonFrancis X. BushmanLouis CalhernMarietta CantyRobert CarsonBeulah ChristianJanet ComerfordJames ConatyJonathan CottLillian CulverAlexis DavidoffBob DavisSandy DescherHelen DicksonPhil DunhamSteve DunhillFranklyn FarnumJames FarrarBess FlowersCharles FogelGeorge FordSteve ForrestKathleen FreemanRudy GermaneFrank GerstleJoe GilbertNed GlassJames GonzalezPhyllis GraffeoHerschel GrahamA. Cameron GrantMarion GrayWilliam E. GreenDabbs GreerRobert HainesSam HarrisDick JohnstoneTed JordanJoseph KeaneKenner G. KempPeggy KingMike LallyLouise LaneGeorge J. LewisWilbur MackPaul MarionPaul MaxeyMay McAvoyHarold MillerHans MoebusPatrick J. MolyneauxRoger MooreEllanora NeedlesRichard NorrisWilliam H. O'BrienPat O'MalleyChristopher OlsenDorothy PatrickWilliam PhillipsMurray PollackPaul PowerKathy QualenAnthony RedondoJeff RichardsLoretta RussellJeffrey SayreFrank J. ScannellPerry SheehanGeorge SherwoodReginald SimpsonMabel SmaneyNorman StevansWilliam TannenDee TurnellHarry TylerKaaren VerneRay WalkerHarte WayneLawrence A. WilliamsEric WiltonWilson WoodDouglas YorkeHelen Young

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