The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Movie Details

Original Title The Bad and the Beautiful

Original Language EN

Budget $1,558,000

Revenue $3,373,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.1

Cast

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Popularity: 0.5

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Popularity: 1.3

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Popularity: 1.8

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Popularity: 9.7

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Popularity: 2.0

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Popularity: 4.7

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Popularity: 3.1

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Popularity: 4.5

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Popularity: 5.7

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Popularity: 0.7

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Popularity: 4.9

Sammy White

Gus

Popularity: 0.9

Key Crew

Producer John Houseman

Director Vincente Minnelli

Screenplay Charles Schnee

Editor Conrad A. Nervig

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Keywords

movie business rise and fall flashback hollywood black and white told in flashback

Reviews from TMDB

tmdb28039023 5/10

Aug 30, 2022

The Bad and the Beautiful is sort of like Old Hollywood’s Rashomon. Three characters appear before a fourth to tell a story about a fifth; the three stories are different but interrelated, and the moral of each is the same: studio chief Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) is a major a--hole and to kno ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Mar 25, 2023

It all starts with poor old Walter Pidgeon ("Harry") assembling "Georgia" (Lana Turner), "Fred" (Barry Sullivan) and "Bartlow" (Dick Powell) in his office so he can persuade then to write, direct and star in one last picture for their nemesis "Jonathan Shields" (Kirk Douglas). They loathe him - with ... Read more