The Bad and the Beautiful1952
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
Director
Screenplay
Charles Schnee
Actors
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Leo G. Carroll, Gilbert Roland, Paul Stewart, Vanessa Brown, Elaine Stewart, Louis Calhern, James Conaty, Franklyn Farnum, Kathleen Freeman, Ned Glass, Kenner G. Kemp, George J. Lewis, May McAvoy, Roger Moore, Pat O'Malley, Dorothy Patrick, William Phillips, Harry Tyler
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 118 Minutes
Genres
FSK
16
About the film
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.
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Ratings
7.3tmdb
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