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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
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
John Houseman
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Roger Moore
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Robert Burton
McDill (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Assistant Director (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
Rosa (uncredited)
William Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Harold Miller
Mourner (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Cameraman (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
William Phillips
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
Kenner G. Kemp
Mourner (uncredited)
Peggy King
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Arlene (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Marion
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Ida (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Poker Player (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Sammy White
Gus
Loretta Russell
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Mourner (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)
Dee Turnell
Linda Ronley (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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