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