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The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

NR 1952 · 118 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Written by George Bradshaw

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