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