The Bad and the Beautiful

  • 1hr 58m
  • 86

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Producer:

John Houseman

Writer:

Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw

Release Date:

Jan 15, 1953

Runtime:

1hr 58m

Synopsis

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

Cast

  • Lana Turner
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Walter Pidgeon
  • Dick Powell
  • Barry Sullivan
  • Gloria Grahame
  • Gilbert Roland
  • Leo G. Carroll
  • Vanessa Brown
  • Paul Stewart

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91

This is studio-system product at its juiciest and most sophisticated, full of insights into the mess behind the art.

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Metacritic review by Noel Murray
Noel Murray
The A.V. Club
80

Under Minnelli’s direction it becomes a fascinating study of a man destroyed by the 50s success ethic, left broke, alone, and slightly insane in the end.

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Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
80

Douglas' teeth-clenched, dimple-thrusting megalomaniac is among his best work, while the gossipy screenplay (another Oscar winner) is served wonderfully by Minnelli's lush melodramatics.

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Metacritic review by David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire
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