The Bad and the Beautiful

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

7.3

1952

1h 58m

DramaRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Producers

John Houseman

Writers

Charles Schnee

Cinematography

Robert Surtees

Music

David Raksin

Cast (108)

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

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