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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

ALL 12/25/1952 (en) Drama, Romance 118 Min
  • Release
    12/25/1952
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    73%
  • Original title
    The Bad and the Beautiful
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 3,373,000.00
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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.

  4. John Houseman

    Producer



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  1. Lana Turner

    Georgia Lorrison

  2. Kirk Douglas

    Jonathan Shields

  3. Walter Pidgeon

    Harry Pebbel

  4. Dick Powell

    James Lee Bartlow

  5. Barry Sullivan

    Fred Amiel

  6. Gloria Grahame

    Rosemary Bartlow

  7. Leo G. Carroll

    Henry Whitfield

  8. Gilbert Roland

    Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

  9. Paul Stewart

    Syd Murphy

  10. Vanessa Brown

    Kay Amiel

  11. Elaine Stewart

    Lila

  12. Sammy White

    Gus

  13. Ivan Triesault

    Von Ellstein

  14. Lucy Knoch

    Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

  15. Jay Adler

    Mr. Z (uncredited)

  16. Stanley Andrews

    Sheriff (uncredited)

  17. Del Armstrong

    Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

  18. Ben Astar

    Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

  19. Barbara Billingsley

    Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

  20. John Bishop

    Ferraday (uncredited)

  21. Madge Blake

    Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

  22. Marshall Bradford

    Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

  23. Paul Bradley

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  24. Hadda Brooks

    Piano Player (uncredited)

  25. Ralph Brooks

    Mourner (uncredited)

  26. Robert Burton

    McDill (uncredited)

  27. Francis X. Bushman

    Eulogist (uncredited)

  28. Louis Calhern

    Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

  29. Marietta Canty

    Ida (uncredited)

  30. Robert Carson

    Casting Director (uncredited)

  31. Beulah Christian

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  32. Janet Comerford

    Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

  33. James Conaty

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  34. Jonathan Cott

    Assistant Director (uncredited)

  35. Lillian Culver

    Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

  36. Alexis Davidoff

    Priest (uncredited)

  37. Bob Davis

    Assistant (uncredited)

  38. Sandy Descher

    Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)

  39. Helen Dickson

    Symposium Guest (uncredited)

  40. Phil Dunham

    Pawnbroker (uncredited)

  41. Steve Dunhill

    Cameraman (uncredited)

  42. Franklyn Farnum

    Assistant on Set (uncredited)

  43. James Farrar

    Publicity Man (uncredited)

  44. Bess Flowers

    Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

  45. Charles Fogel

    Poker Player (uncredited)

  46. George Ford

    Club Patron (uncredited)

  47. Steve Forrest

    Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

  48. Kathleen Freeman

    Miss March (uncredited)

  49. Rudy Germane

    Party Guest (uncredited)

  50. Frank Gerstle

    Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 108 , Crews : 28

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 118 Min

ALL 12/25/1952 (en)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 12/25/1952
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title The Bad and the Beautiful
  • en
  • Revenue3,373,000.00

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.

  1. Vincente Minnelli

    Director

  2. George Bradshaw

    Story

  3. Conrad A. Nervig

    Editor

  4. John Houseman

    Producer



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