The Bad and the Beautiful [32499]
Released: 1952-12-25
Revenue: $3,373,000
Budget: $1,558,000
Profit: $1,815,000
Runtime: 118 mins
Popularity: 3.6026
Vote Average: 7.3
Vote Count: 261
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.

Cast [108]
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlo
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho"
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Sammy White
Gus
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
Lucy Knoch
Blonde Dancing w
Jay Adler
Mr. Z
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff
Del Armstrong
Georgia's Makeup
Ben Astar
Joe
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien
John Bishop
Ferraday
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser
Marshall Bradford
Man Outside the
Paul Bradley
Party Guest
Hadda Brooks
Piano Player
Ralph Brooks
Mourner
Robert Burton
McDill
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison
Marietta Canty
Ida
Robert Carson
Casting Director
Beulah Christian
Party Guest
Janet Comerford
Bobby-Soxer
James Conaty
Party Guest
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Direct
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woma
Alexis Davidoff
Priest
Bob Davis
Assistant
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Scre
Helen Dickson
Symposium Guest
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker
Steve Dunhill
Cameraman
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set
James Farrar
Publicity Man
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at
Charles Fogel
Poker Player
George Ford
Club Patron
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March
Rudy Germane
Party Guest
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at t
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man
James Gonzalez
Party Guest
Phyllis Graffeo
Leading Lady
Herschel Graham
Party Guest
A. Cameron Grant
Assistant Direct
Marion Gray
Symposium Guest
William E. Green
Hugo Shields
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting
Robert Haines
Mourner
Sam Harris
Party Guest
Dick Johnstone
Mourner
Ted Jordan
Assistant Direct
Joseph Keane
Assistant Direct
Kenner G. Kemp
Mourner
Peggy King
Singer at Party
Mike Lally
Preview Ticket T
Louise Lane
Party Guest
George J. Lewis
"Far Away Mounta
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest
Paul Marion
Spanish Actor in
Paul Maxey
Man Talking to G
May McAvoy
Pebbel's Secreta
Harold Miller
Mourner
Hans Moebus
Party Guest
Patrick J. Molyneaux
Studio Electrici
Roger Moore
Cigar Clerk
Ellanora Needles
Reporter
Richard Norris
Leading Man
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party
Pat O'Malley
Man Outside the
Christopher Olsen
Amiel's Boy
Dorothy Patrick
Arlene
William Phillips
Assistant Direct
Murray Pollack
Theatre Worker
Paul Power
Theatre Manager
Kathy Qualen
Bobby-Soxer
Anthony Redondo
Crew Member
Jeff Richards
Studio Props Dep
Loretta Russell
Symposium Guest
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter
Frank J. Scannell
Reporter
Perry Sheehan
Pebbel's Secreta
George Sherwood
Cameraman
Reginald Simpson
Poker Player
Mabel Smaney
Heavy Woman
Norman Stevans
Theatre Worker
William Tannen
Reporter
Dee Turnell
Linda Ronley
Harry Tyler
Man
Kaaren Verne
Rosa
Ray Walker
Cameraman
Harte Wayne
Judge
Lawrence A. Williams
Poker Player
Eric Wilton
Butler
Wilson Wood
Man on Movie Set
Douglas Yorke
Leading Man
Helen Young
Georgia's Hair S

Trailers
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