The Bad and the Beautiful
1952·Movie
·1h 58min·


About
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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.
Hollywood DramaCharacter StudyRuthless AmbitionNoir-tingedCynicalFlashback StructureComplex RelationshipsBehind-the-ScenesMoral Ambiguity
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Crew
Directed by:
Vincente Minnelli, Jerry Thorpe
Written by:
Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw
Produced by:
John Houseman, Dave Friedman
Composed by:
Douglas Shearer, Ruby Raksin, David Raksin
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