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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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

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 & Crew

Director
Vincente Minnelli
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    Georgia Lorrison Lana Turner
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    Jonathan Shields Kirk Douglas
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    Harry Pebbel Walter Pidgeon
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    James Lee Bartlow Dick Powell
  • Profile picture of Barry Sullivan
    Fred Amiel Barry Sullivan
  • Profile picture of Gloria Grahame
    Rosemary Bartlow Gloria Grahame
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    Henry Whitfield Leo G. Carroll
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    Victor "Gaucho" Ribera Gilbert Roland

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