Dec 25, 1952
118 min
Full-HD

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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.

Category

Drama Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

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

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