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The Bad and the Beautiful

Drama, Romance | 1952-12-25 | United States of America

IMDB7.3 / 10

Budget$1,558,000

Budget$3,373,000

Runtime118 min.

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.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Trailer HD | The Bad and The Beautiful | Warner Archive

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - trailer

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