The Bad and the Beautiful
“I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!”
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
109 people
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Known for
Imitation of Life
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Eve McVeagh
Paid Mourner at Funeral
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Known for
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Known for
Forbidden Planet
How Green Was My Valley
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
Pitfall
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Known for
Planet of the Vampires
Forty Guns
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Known for
In a Lonely Place
It's a Wonderful Life
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Known for
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
She Done Him Wrong
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Known for
Citizen Kane
Kiss Me Deadly
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Known for
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Heiress
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Known for
Brigadoon
Night Passage
Vincente Minnelli Director · Charles Schnee Screenplay George Bradshaw Story
Worldwide gross $3.4M · Budget $1.6M · United States release December 25, 1952
Box office
Budget
$1,558,000
Worldwide gross
$3,373,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1952
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
January 15, 1953 · Theatrical
Argentina
August 4, 1953 · Theatrical
Australia
February 27, 1953 · Theatrical
Austria
September 25, 1953 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 26, 1953 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 9, 1953 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 15, 1954 · Theatrical
Finland
February 12, 1954 · Theatrical
France
April 8, 1953 · Theatrical
February 14, 1990 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 24, 2001 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 28, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
September 1, 1953 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hong Kong SAR China
July 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Italy
May 13, 1953 · Theatrical
Japan
June 17, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 26, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 12, 1953 · Theatrical
Spain
October 8, 1954 · Theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
October 5, 1953 · Theatrical
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