The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
"I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!"

Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Original Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Release Date: 1952-12-25
Status: Released
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 255 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Romance
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
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