The Bad and the Beautiful
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.
Cast
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Sammy White
Gus
More Like This
★ 8.5
Film
Seven Samurai
1954
★ 8.6
Film
12 Angry Men
1957
★ 7.2
Film
Lisbon Story
1994
★ 7.7
Film
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
★ 6.8
Film
Bioscope
2008
★ 7.9
Film
La Strada
1954
★ 8.1
Film
La Haine
1995
★ 8.1
Film
8½
1963
★ 8.6
Film
Schindler's List
1993
★ 8
Film
La Dolce Vita
1960
★ 7
Film
Caché
2005
★ 7.3
Film
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
★ 7.5
Film
Barton Fink
1991
★ 5.9
Film
Young Adam
2003
★ 8.1
Film
Some Like It Hot
1959
★ 7
Film
Contempt
1963