Summary
The Bad and the Beautiful is an American romantic film drama first released in 1952,
directed by Vincente Minnelli.
The film stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell and Barry Sullivan.
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Credits
- Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Script: Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw
- Photo: Robert Surtees
- Music: David Raksin
- Cast: Lana Turner (Georgia), Kirk Douglas (Jonathan), Walter Pidgeon (Harry Pebbel), Dick Powell (James Lee), Barry Sullivan (Fred), Gloria Grahame (Rosemary), Gilbert Roland (Gaucho), Leo G. Carroll (Henry Whitfield), Vanessa Brown (Kay Amiel), Paul Stewart (Syd), Sammy White (Gus), Elaine Stewart (Lila), Ivan Triesault (Von Ellstein), Jay Adler (Mr. Z), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff), Ben Astar (Joe, Party Guest), Barbara Billingsley (Evelyn Lucien, Costume Designer), John Bishop (Ferraday), Madge Blake (Mrs. Rosser), Marshall Bradford (Man Outside Club), Hadda Brooks (Piano player), Robert Burton (McDill), Francis X. Bushman (Eulogist), Louis Calhern (Recorded Voice of George Lorrison), Marietta Canty (Ida), Robert Carson (Casting Director), James Conaty (Party Guest), Jonathan Cott (Assistant Director), Lillian Culver (Real Estate Woman), Alexis Davidoff (Priest), Sandy Descher (Screaming Little Girl on "Cat Man" set), Phil Dunham (Pawn Broker), Franklyn Farnum (Assistant on Set), Bess Flowers (Joe’s Friend), Steve Forrest (Actor in Georgia’s Screen Test), Kathleen Freeman (Miss March), Frank Gerstle (Gabby Agent at Party), Ned Glass (Wardrobe Man), Lisa Golm, A. Cameron Grant (Timmy, Assistant Director), Dabbs Greer (Studio Lighting Technician), Sam Harris (Party Guest), Stuart Holmes (Poker Player), Kenner G. Kemp (Mourner), Peggy King (Singer), Lucy Knoch (Blonde Dancing with Gaucho), Mike Lally (Preview Ticket Taker), George J. Lewis (’Far Away Mountain’ Test Actor #2), Paul Marion (Spanish Actor in Screen Test), Paul Maxey (Man talking to gabby agent at party), May McAvoy (Pebbel’s secretary), Harold Miller (Mourner at Shields Funeral), Roger Moore (Cigar Clerk), Richard Morris (Leading Man), Ellanora Needles (Reporter), William H. O’Brien (Waiter at Party), Christopher Olsen (Amiel’s Boy), Pat O’Malley (Man Outside Club), Dorothy Patrick (Arlene), William ’Bill’ Phillips (Assistant Director), Frank J. Scannell (Reporter), Perry Sheehan (Pebbel’s Secretary), George Sherwood (Cameraman), Reginald Simpson (Poker Player), Mabel Smaney (Heavy Woman), William Tannen (Reporter), Arthur Tovey (Actor in Catman Suit), Dee Turnell (Linda Ronley), Kaaren Verne (Rosa), Harte Wayne (Judge), Larry Williams (Poker Player), Douglas Yorke (Leading Man)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 118 min; B&W
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