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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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User Rating: 7.7/10 (2,952 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
Charles Schnee (screenplay)
George Bradshaw (story)
Release Date:
9 February 1953 (Brazil) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
I took you out of the gutter . . . I can fling you back! more
Plot:
An actress, a director, and a writer are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood studio bigwig Jonathan Shields. However, all three are reluctant because they have all been used and betrayed by him in the past. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Wonderful movie more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)
Lana Turner ... Georgia

Kirk Douglas ... Jonathan
Walter Pidgeon ... Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell ... James Lee
Barry Sullivan ... Fred

Gloria Grahame ... Rosemary
Gilbert Roland ... Gaucho
Leo G. Carroll ... Henry Whitfield
Vanessa Brown ... Kay Amiel
Paul Stewart ... Syd
Sammy White ... Gus
Elaine Stewart ... Lila
Ivan Triesault ... Von Ellstein
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Memorial to a Bad Man (USA) (working title)
Tribute to a Badman (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #16017) | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Trivia:
The character played by Kathleen Freeman was based on Alfred Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the George Lorrison's house, Jonathan cuts a drawing from the wallpaper and holds it unrolled. In the next shot he is holding it in half rolled up. more
Quotes:
Lila: [to Georgia] I forgot to tell you, Georgia. I saw the picture. Thought you were swell. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Blame Me more

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16 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful movie, 9 August 2003
9/10
Author: Marco (marcootje7@hotmail.com) from Netherlands

I watched it on the telly just this afternoon and it had been a while since I had seen TBATB. I loved it. Douglas is brilliant and so is the rest of the cast. Turner (a mediocre actress, at best)delivers her best performance. The story is wonderfully entertaining, if not ultra-realistic. The mood is not mean-spiritted, with enough room for humour. Catch this on a saturday or sunday afternoon and you'll be spending 2 hours in joy.

I give it a 9.

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