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The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

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

7.28 - voted by 295
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 poster

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas poster

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Walter Pidgeon poster

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Dick Powell poster

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan poster

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Gloria Grahame poster

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll poster

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland poster

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart poster

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown poster

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Elaine Stewart poster

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Sammy White poster

Sammy White

Gus

Ivan Triesault poster

Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

Lucy Knoch poster

Lucy Knoch

Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

Jay Adler poster

Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)