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The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)
Status: Released
Date: 1952-12-25
73%
258 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,558,000.00
Revenue: $3,373,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Bad and the Beautiful
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
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