The Bad and the Beautiful

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

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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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Creators

Vincente Minnelli

director

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Charles Schnee

writer

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George Bradshaw

writer

Cast

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Lana Turner actor Kirk Douglas actor Walter Pidgeon actor Dick Powell actor Barry Sullivan actor

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Gloria Grahame actor Leo G. Carroll actor Gilbert Roland actor Paul Stewart actor Vanessa Brown actor

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Elaine Stewart actor

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Sammy White actor

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Ivan Triesault actor

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Lucy Knoch actor

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Jay Adler actor Stanley Andrews actor

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Del Armstrong actor

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Ben Astar actor Barbara Billingsley actor John Bishop actor