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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

NR ★ 7.3/10 118 min Drama, Romance United States English
Screenplay by: Charles Schnee
Story by: George Bradshaw
Streaming: Not available
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

Description

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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Top Cast

Lana Turner
Lana Turner Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
Dick Powell James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Gilbert Roland Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

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