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.

• LTLana TurnerGeorgia Lorrison
• KDKirk DouglasJonathan Shields
• WPWalter PidgeonHarry Pebbel
• DPDick PowellJames Lee Bartlow
• BSBarry SullivanFred Amiel
• GGGloria GrahameRosemary Bartlow
• LGLeo G. CarrollHenry Whitfield
• GRGilbert RolandVictor "Gaucho" Ribera
• PSPaul StewartSyd Murphy
• VBVanessa BrownKay Amiel