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.

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Screenplay

Charles Schnee

Producer

John Houseman

Original Music Composer

David Raksin

Director of Photography

Robert Surtees