
The Bad and the Beautiful
- released:1952-12-25
- genres: Drama, Romance
- duration:118m
- casts: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan
- Country: United States of America
- 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.