The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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

Drama Romance

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.

star 7.3
  • Release Date: 1952-12-25
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Ivan Triesault

      Von Ellstein

    • Lucy Knoch

      Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

    • Jay Adler

      Mr. Z (uncredited)

    • Stanley Andrews

      Sheriff (uncredited)

    • Del Armstrong

      Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

    • Ben Astar

      Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

    • Barbara Billingsley

      Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

    • John Bishop

      Ferraday (uncredited)

    • Madge Blake

      Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

    • Marshall Bradford

      Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

    • Paul Bradley

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Hadda Brooks

      Piano Player (uncredited)

    • Ralph Brooks

      Mourner (uncredited)

    • Robert Burton

      McDill (uncredited)

    • Francis X. Bushman

      Eulogist (uncredited)

    • Louis Calhern

      Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

    • Marietta Canty

      Ida (uncredited)

    • Robert Carson

      Casting Director (uncredited)

    • Beulah Christian

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Janet Comerford

      Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

    • James Conaty

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Jonathan Cott

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

    • Lillian Culver

      Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

    • Alexis Davidoff

      Priest (uncredited)

    • Bob Davis

      Assistant (uncredited)

    • Sandy Descher

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

    • Helen Dickson

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

    • Phil Dunham

      Pawnbroker (uncredited)

    • Steve Dunhill

      Cameraman (uncredited)

    • Franklyn Farnum

      Assistant on Set (uncredited)

    • James Farrar

      Publicity Man (uncredited)

    • Bess Flowers

      Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

    • Charles Fogel

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • George Ford

      Club Patron (uncredited)

    • Steve Forrest

      Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

    • Kathleen Freeman

      Miss March (uncredited)

    • Rudy Germane

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Frank Gerstle

      Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

    • Joe Gilbert

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Ned Glass

      Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

    • James Gonzalez

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Phyllis Graffeo

      Leading Lady (uncredited)

    • Herschel Graham

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • A. Cameron Grant

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

    • Marion Gray

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

    • William E. Green

      Hugo Shields (uncredited)

    • Dabbs Greer

      Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

    • Robert Haines

      Mourner (uncredited)

    • Sam Harris

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Dick Johnstone

      Mourner (uncredited)

    • Ted Jordan

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

    • Joseph Keane

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

    • Kenner G. Kemp

      Mourner (uncredited)

    • Peggy King

      Singer at Party (uncredited)

    • Mike Lally

      Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

    • Louise Lane

      Party Guest (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)

    • Hans Moebus

      Party Guest (uncredited)

    • Patrick J. Molyneaux

      Studio Electrician (uncredited)

    • Roger Moore

      Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

    • Ellanora Needles

      Reporter (uncredited)

    • Richard Norris

      Leading Man (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)

    • Murray Pollack

      Theatre Worker (uncredited)

    • Paul Power

      Theatre Manager (uncredited)

    • Kathy Qualen

      Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

    • Anthony Redondo

      Crew Member (uncredited)

    • Jeff Richards

      Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

    • Loretta Russell

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

    • Jeffrey Sayre

      Waiter (uncredited)

    • Frank J. Scannell

      Reporter (uncredited)

    • Perry Sheehan

      Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

    • George Sherwood

      Cameraman (uncredited)

    • Reginald Simpson

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • Mabel Smaney

      Heavy Woman (uncredited)

    • Norman Stevans

      Theatre Worker (uncredited)

    • William Tannen

      Reporter (uncredited)

    • Dee Turnell

      Linda Ronley (uncredited)

    • Harry Tyler

      Man (uncredited)

    • Kaaren Verne

      Rosa (uncredited)

    • Ray Walker

      Cameraman (uncredited)

    • Harte Wayne

      Judge (uncredited)

    • Lawrence A. Williams

      Poker Player (uncredited)

    • Eric Wilton

      Butler (uncredited)

    • Wilson Wood

      Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

    • Douglas Yorke

      Leading Man (uncredited)

    • Helen Young

      Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)

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