The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli1952-12-25
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
7.319
118 min
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
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Lana Turner | Georgia Lorrison | Unowned |
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Kirk Douglas | Jonathan Shields | Unowned |
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Walter Pidgeon | Harry Pebbel | Unowned |
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Dick Powell | James Lee Bartlow | Unowned |
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Barry Sullivan | Fred Amiel | Unowned |
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Gloria Grahame | Rosemary Bartlow | Unowned |
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Leo G. Carroll | Henry Whitfield | Unowned |
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Gilbert Roland | Victor "Gaucho" Ribera | Unowned |
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Paul Stewart | Syd Murphy | Unowned |
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Vanessa Brown | Kay Amiel | Unowned |
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Elaine Stewart | Lila | Unowned |
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Sammy White | Gus | Unowned |
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Ivan Triesault | Von Ellstein | Unowned |
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Lucy Knoch | Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jay Adler | Mr. Z (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stanley Andrews | Sheriff (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Del Armstrong | Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ben Astar | Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Barbara Billingsley | Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Bishop | Ferraday (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Madge Blake | Mrs. Rosser (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Marshall Bradford | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Bradley | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hadda Brooks | Piano Player (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ralph Brooks | Mourner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Burton | McDill (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Francis X. Bushman | Eulogist (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Louis Calhern | Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Marietta Canty | Ida (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Carson | Casting Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Beulah Christian | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Janet Comerford | Bobby-Soxer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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James Conaty | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jonathan Cott | Assistant Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lillian Culver | Real Estate Woman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Alexis Davidoff | Priest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bob Davis | Assistant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sandy Descher | Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Helen Dickson | Symposium Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Phil Dunham | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Steve Dunhill | Cameraman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Franklyn Farnum | Assistant on Set (uncredited) | Unowned |
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James Farrar | Publicity Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bess Flowers | Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Fogel | Poker Player (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George Ford | Club Patron (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Steve Forrest | Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kathleen Freeman | Miss March (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rudy Germane | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Gerstle | Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joe Gilbert | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ned Glass | Wardrobe Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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James Gonzalez | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Phyllis Graffeo | Leading Lady (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Herschel Graham | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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A. Cameron Grant | Assistant Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Marion Gray | Symposium Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William E. Green | Hugo Shields (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dabbs Greer | Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Haines | Mourner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sam Harris | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dick Johnstone | Mourner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ted Jordan | Assistant Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joseph Keane | Assistant Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kenner G. Kemp | Mourner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peggy King | Singer at Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mike Lally | Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Louise Lane | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George J. Lewis | "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Wilbur Mack | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Marion | Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Maxey | Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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May McAvoy | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harold Miller | Mourner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hans Moebus | Party Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Patrick J. Molyneaux | Studio Electrician (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Roger Moore | Cigar Clerk (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ellanora Needles | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Norris | Leading Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William H. O'Brien | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Pat O'Malley | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Christopher Olsen | Amiel's Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dorothy Patrick | Arlene (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Phillips | Assistant Director (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Murray Pollack | Theatre Worker (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Power | Theatre Manager (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kathy Qualen | Bobby-Soxer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Anthony Redondo | Crew Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jeff Richards | Studio Props Department Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Loretta Russell | Symposium Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jeffrey Sayre | Waiter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank J. Scannell | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Perry Sheehan | Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited) | Unowned |
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George Sherwood | Cameraman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Reginald Simpson | Poker Player (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mabel Smaney | Heavy Woman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Norman Stevans | Theatre Worker (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Tannen | Reporter (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dee Turnell | Linda Ronley (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harry Tyler | Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kaaren Verne | Rosa (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ray Walker | Cameraman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harte Wayne | Judge (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lawrence A. Williams | Poker Player (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Eric Wilton | Butler (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Wilson Wood | Man on Movie Set (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Douglas Yorke | Leading Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Helen Young | Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited) | Unowned |