Fresh
Douglas gives a terrific study of male ego, all relaxed charm and going places.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
The Bad and the Beautiful
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
1952 · 1h 58m · UNRATED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
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The Bad and the Beautiful
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.
Director and cast
- Vincente Minnelli Director
- Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison
- Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields
- Walter Pidgeon as Harry Pebbel
- Dick Powell as James Lee Bartlow
- Barry Sullivan as Fred Amiel
- Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow
- Gilbert Roland as Victor 'Gaucho' Ribera
- Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield
- Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy
- Vanessa Brown Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Under Minnelli's direction it becomes a fascinating study of a man destroyed by the 50s success ethic, left broke, alone, and slightly insane in the end.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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