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