The Bad and the Beautiful

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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  Vincente Minnelli
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  Jerry Thorpe

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  Lana Turner
  Georgia Lorrison
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  Kirk Douglas
  Jonathan Shields
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  Walter Pidgeon
  Harry Pebbel
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  Dick Powell
  James Lee Bartlow
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  Barry Sullivan
  Fred Amiel
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  Gloria Grahame
  Rosemary Bartlow
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  Leo G. Carroll
  Henry Whitfield
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  Gilbert Roland
  Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
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  Paul Stewart
  Syd Murphy
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  Vanessa Brown
  Kay Amiel
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  Elaine Stewart
  Lila
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  Sammy White
  Gus
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  Ivan Triesault
  Von Ellstein
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  Lucy Knoch
  Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
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  Jay Adler
  Mr. Z (uncredited)
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  Stanley Andrews
  Sheriff (uncredited)
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  Del Armstrong
  Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
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  Ben Astar
  Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
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  Barbara Billingsley
  Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
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  John Bishop
  Ferraday (uncredited)