The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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

118 min★ 7.7 · 18,066 votes

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.

Release date: December 25, 1952
Country of origin: United States
Music: David Raksin
Budget: $1,558,000
Box office: $3,373,000

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Cast

Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon as Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell as James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan as Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland as 'Gaucho'
Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown as Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart as Lila
Sammy White as Gus
Ivan Triesault as Von Ellstein
Jay Adler as Mr. Z (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews as Sheriff (uncredited)
Ben Astar as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Madge Blake as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks as Piano Player (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks as Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Burton as McDill (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman as Eulogist (uncredited)
Louis Calhern as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Marietta Canty as Ida (uncredited)
Robert Carson as Casting Director (uncredited)

Crew

Vincente Minnelli · Director
Charles Schnee · Writer
George Bradshaw · Writer
John Houseman · Producer
David Raksin · Composer
Robert Surtees · Cinematographer
Conrad A. Nervig · Editor