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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) [NR]

Release Date:
December 25, 1952

Original Title:
The Bad and the Beautiful

Alternate Titles:
A rossz és a szép
A szörnyeteg és a szépség
Assim Estava Escrito
Cativos do Mal
Cautivos del mal
De betoverden
Grad iluzija
I oraia kai to ktinos
Illusionernas stad
Illusionernes by
Klatergoud
Memorial to a Bad Man
Piekny i zly
Särkyneitten haaveitten kaupunki
Tribute to a Badman
Çiplak ruhlar
Лошият и красивите

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 16  FI: K-16  FR: U  SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 118

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Art Direction:
Edward C. Carfagno
Cedric Gibbons

Assistant Director:
Jerry Thorpe

Choreographer:
Alex Romero

Conductor:
David Raksin

Costume Design:
Helen Rose

Director:
Vincente Minnelli

Director of Photography:
Robert Surtees

Editor:
Conrad A. Nervig

Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff

Makeup Artist:
William Tuttle

Musician:
Gus Bivona

Orchestrator:
Ruby Raksin
David Raksin
Lawrence Morton

Original Music Composer:
David Raksin

Other:
Joan Joseff

Painter:
Frank Wesselhoff

Producer:
John Houseman

Production Manager:
Dave Friedman

Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer

Screenplay:
Charles Schnee

Set Decoration:
F. Keogh Gleason
Edwin B. Willis

Special Effects:
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe

Story:
George Bradshaw

Stunts:
Eric Alden

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