
The Bad and the Beautiful
# I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
1,558,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1952-12-25
β Running Time:
118 mins
β Vote Average:
7.3
Beloved Cast

Georgia Lorrison
Lana Turner

Jonathan Shields
Kirk Douglas

Harry Pebbel
Walter Pidgeon

James Lee Bartlow
Dick Powell

Fred Amiel
Barry Sullivan

Rosemary Bartlow
Gloria Grahame

Henry Whitfield
Leo G. Carroll

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Gilbert Roland

Syd Murphy
Paul Stewart

Kay Amiel
Vanessa Brown

Lila
Elaine Stewart

Gus
Sammy White

Von Ellstein
Ivan Triesault

Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Lucy Knoch

Mr. Z (uncredited)
Jay Adler

Sheriff (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews

Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Del Armstrong

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Ben Astar

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley

Ferraday (uncredited)
John Bishop

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Madge Blake

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford

Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Bradley

Piano Player (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks

Mourner (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks

McDill (uncredited)
Robert Burton

Eulogist (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Louis Calhern

Ida (uncredited)
Marietta Canty

Casting Director (uncredited)
Robert Carson

Party Guest (uncredited)
Beulah Christian

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Janet Comerford

Party Guest (uncredited)
James Conaty

Assistant Director (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Lillian Culver

Priest (uncredited)
Alexis Davidoff

Assistant (uncredited)
Bob Davis

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

Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Helen Dickson

Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Phil Dunham

Cameraman (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill

Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum

Publicity Man (uncredited)
James Farrar

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Bess Flowers

Poker Player (uncredited)
Charles Fogel

Club Patron (uncredited)
George Ford

Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Steve Forrest

Miss March (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman

Party Guest (uncredited)
Rudy Germane

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle

Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert

Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Ned Glass

Party Guest (uncredited)
James Gonzalez

Leading Lady (uncredited)
Phyllis Graffeo

Party Guest (uncredited)
Herschel Graham

Assistant Director (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant

Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Marion Gray

Hugo Shields (uncredited)
William E. Green

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer

Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Haines

Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris

Mourner (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone

Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ted Jordan

Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Keane

Mourner (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp

Singer at Party (uncredited)
Peggy King

Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Mike Lally

Party Guest (uncredited)
Louise Lane

"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
George J. Lewis

Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack

Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Paul Marion

Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Paul Maxey

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
May McAvoy

Mourner (uncredited)
Harold Miller

Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Moebus

Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Patrick J. Molyneaux

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Roger Moore

Reporter (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles

Leading Man (uncredited)
Richard Norris

Waiter at Party (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley

Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen

Arlene (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick

Assistant Director (uncredited)
William Phillips

Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Murray Pollack

Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Paul Power

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Kathy Qualen

Crew Member (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Jeff Richards

Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Loretta Russell

Waiter (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre

Reporter (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan

Cameraman (uncredited)
George Sherwood

Poker Player (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson

Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney

Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Norman Stevans

Reporter (uncredited)
William Tannen

Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Dee Turnell

Man (uncredited)
Harry Tyler

Rosa (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne

Cameraman (uncredited)
Ray Walker

Judge (uncredited)
Harte Wayne

Poker Player (uncredited)
Lawrence A. Williams

Butler (uncredited)
Eric Wilton

Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Wilson Wood

Leading Man (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke

Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Helen Young