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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952, Dec 25
1h 58m
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.
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
John Houseman
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Burton
McDill (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Assistant Director (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
William Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Ray Walker
Cameraman (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
Pat O'Malley
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Arlene (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Man (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
William Phillips
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Peggy King
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Sammy White
Gus
Marietta Canty
Ida (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Paul Marion
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
Rosa (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Mourner (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Mourner (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Poker Player (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Dee Turnell
Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Lucy Knoch
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
John Bishop
Ferraday (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks
Piano Player (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Casting Director (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
Party Guest (uncredited)
Janet Comerford
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bob Davis
Assistant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
Cameraman (uncredited)
James Farrar
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Poker Player (uncredited)
George Ford
Club Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Party Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Graffeo
Leading Lady (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Party Guest (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Marion Gray
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
William E. Green
Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Mourner (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Keane
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Louise Lane
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Party Guest (uncredited)
Patrick J. Molyneaux
Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles
Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Norris
Leading Man (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Paul Power
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Kathy Qualen
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
Crew Member (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Cameraman (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Harte Wayne
Judge (uncredited)
Lawrence A. Williams
Poker Player (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Butler (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke
Leading Man (uncredited)
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