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