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The Bad and the Beautiful

Lists: Drama, Romance

Brief Synopsis: "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 - including the writer, star and director - on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1952: # 0)


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  • 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)
  • Gilbert Roland (Victor Gaucho Ribera)
  • Leo G. Carroll (Henry Whitfield)
  • Vanessa Brown (Kay Amiel)
  • Paul Stewart (Syd Murphy)
  • Sammy White (Gus)
  • Elaine Stewart (Lila)
  • Ivan Triesault (Von Ellstein)
  • Barbara Billingsley (Evelyn Lucien, Costume Designer)
  • Francis X. Bushman (Eulogist (uncredited))
  • Louis Calhern (Georgia Lorrisons Father (voice only))
  • Kathleen Freeman (Whitfields Assistant)
  • Ned Glass (Wardrobe Man)
  • May McAvoy (Pebbels Secretary)
  • Sandy Descher (Child Actress)
  • Bess Flowers (Party Guest)
  • Madge Blake (Mrs. Rosser)
  • Marietta Canty (Ida)
  • Dabbs Greer (Reporter)
  • Eve McVeagh (Paid Mourner at Funeral)
  • Hadda Brooks (Piano Player (uncredited))
  • Vincente Minnelli (Director)