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I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back! - The Bad and the Beautiful
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Title: The Bad and the Beautiful

Release Date: 25 Dec 1952

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (255 votes)

Cast

  • Georgia Lorrison: Lana Turner
  • Jonathan Shields: Kirk Douglas
  • Harry Pebbel: Walter Pidgeon
  • James Lee Bartlow: Dick Powell
  • Fred Amiel: Barry Sullivan
  • Rosemary Bartlow: Gloria Grahame
  • Henry Whitfield: Leo G. Carroll
  • Victor "Gaucho" Ribera: Gilbert Roland
  • Syd Murphy: Paul Stewart
  • Kay Amiel: Vanessa Brown
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