The Bad and the Beautiful

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.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1952-12-25
  • Runtime: 118 min
  • Country: United States of America
  • Language: English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 7.339
The Bad and the Beautiful poster