The Bad and the Beautiful
- Released on
- Runtime
- 118 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Lana Turner
- Kirk Douglas
- Walter Pidgeon
- Dick Powell
- Barry Sullivan
- Gloria Grahame
- Leo G. Carroll
- Gilbert Roland
- Paul Stewart
- Vanessa Brown
- Elaine Stewart
- Sammy White
- Ivan Triesault
- Lucy Knoch
- Jay Adler
- Stanley Andrews
- Del Armstrong
- Ben Astar
- Barbara Billingsley
- John Bishop
- Madge Blake
- Marshall Bradford
- Paul Bradley
- Hadda Brooks
- Ralph Brooks
- Robert Burton
- Francis X. Bushman
- Louis Calhern
- Marietta Canty
- Robert Carson
- Beulah Christian
- Janet Comerford
- James Conaty
- Jonathan Cott
- Lillian Culver
- Alexis Davidoff
- Bob Davis
- Sandy Descher
- Helen Dickson
- Phil Dunham
- Steve Dunhill
- Franklyn Farnum
- James Farrar
- Bess Flowers
- Charles Fogel
- George Ford
- Steve Forrest
- Kathleen Freeman
- Rudy Germane
- Frank Gerstle
- Joe Gilbert
- Ned Glass
- James Gonzalez
- Phyllis Graffeo
- Herschel Graham
- A. Cameron Grant
- Marion Gray
- William E. Green
- Dabbs Greer
- Robert Haines
- Sam Harris
- Dick Johnstone
- Ted Jordan
- Joseph Keane
- Kenner G. Kemp
- Peggy King
- Mike Lally
- Louise Lane
- George J. Lewis
- Wilbur Mack
- Paul Marion
- Paul Maxey
- May McAvoy
- Harold Miller
- Hans Moebus
- Patrick J. Molyneaux
- Roger Moore
- Ellanora Needles
- Richard Norris
- William H. O'Brien
- Pat O'Malley
- Christopher Olsen
- Dorothy Patrick
- William Phillips
- Murray Pollack
- Paul Power
- Kathy Qualen
- Anthony Redondo
- Jeff Richards
- Loretta Russell
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Frank J. Scannell
- Perry Sheehan
- George Sherwood
- Reginald Simpson
- Mabel Smaney
- Norman Stevans
- William Tannen
- Dee Turnell
- Harry Tyler
- Kaaren Verne
- Ray Walker
- Harte Wayne
- Lawrence A. Williams
- Eric Wilton
- Wilson Wood
- Douglas Yorke
- Helen Young
Director
- Vincente Minnelli
Producers
- John Houseman
Screenwriter
- Charles Schnee