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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.
Vincente Minnelli
Casts & Crew
Lana Turner
Kirk Douglas
Walter Pidgeon
Dick Powell
Barry Sullivan
Gloria Grahame
Gilbert Roland
Leo G. Carroll
Vanessa Brown
Paul Stewart
Sammy White
Elaine Stewart
Ivan Triesault
Barbara Billingsley
Francis X. Bushman
Louis Calhern
Kathleen Freeman
Ned Glass
May McAvoy
Sandy Descher
Bess Flowers
Madge Blake
Marietta Canty
Dabbs Greer
Eve McVeagh
Hadda Brooks
Stanley Andrews
Franklyn Farnum
Sam Harris
Kenner G. Kemp
Roger Moore
William H. O'Brien
Pat O'Malley
Jeffrey Sayre
Also Directed by Vincente Minnelli
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