The Bad and the Beautiful

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.

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  Lana Turner

  Georgia Lorrison
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  Kirk Douglas

  Jonathan Shields
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  Walter Pidgeon

  Harry Pebbel
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  Dick Powell

  James Lee Bartlow
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  Barry Sullivan

  Fred Amiel
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  Gloria Grahame

  Rosemary Bartlow
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  Leo G. Carroll

  Henry Whitfield
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  Gilbert Roland

  Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
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  Paul Stewart

  Syd Murphy
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  Vanessa Brown

  Kay Amiel