The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
12/25/1952 (US) • 1h 58m
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Georgia Lorrison
Jonathan Shields
Harry Pebbel
James Lee Bartlow
Fred Amiel
Rosemary Bartlow
Henry Whitfield
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Syd Murphy
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