The Bad and the Beautiful

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-02-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (9146 Reviews)

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Genres:

Drama Romance

Cast:

Lana Turner Kirk Douglas Walter Pidgeon Dick Powell

Writer:

Charles Schnee (screenplay)

George Bradshaw (story)

Fullplot:

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 - including the writer, star and director - on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

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