The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1952-12-25
Genre:Drama, Romance
Duration:118 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Vincente Minnelli
Actors:Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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