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 7.8 86 80%
  • Release Date: 1952-12-25
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli

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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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