The Bad and the Beautiful 1952

Synopsis

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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Cast

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

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