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