The Bad and the Beautiful
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.
Top Cast
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
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Sammy White
Gus
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
Lucy Knoch
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
Similar Movies
Easy Living
2017
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
Play Murder
2025
Zorba the Greek
1964
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
El Ocaso de los Dioses (Nightfall of Gods)
Money and Women
1960
Our Land
1964
The Commissar of Light
1966
Victory Over Death
1967
Strictly Ballroom
1992
Hot
2015
