7.3/10
The Bad and the Beautiful
"I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!"
1952
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1h 58min
Drama
Romance
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.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Starring
Lana Turner · Kirk Douglas · Walter Pidgeon · Dick Powell · Barry Sullivan
