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