
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.
Drama
Romance
- Release Date
Dec 25, 1952
- Popularity: 1.2753
- 261 votes
- Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
- Written by
George Bradshaw
- Screenplay by
Charles Schnee
- Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US)
- Budget 1.6 M
3.4 M
Duration: 1h 58 min
Top Cast
Crew & Team

John Houseman
Producer

Dave Friedman
Production Manager
Trailer & Videos
- HDTrailer
Trailer HD | The Bad and The Beautiful | Warner Archive
- Trailer
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - trailer