The Bad and the Beautiful

Name: The Bad and the Beautiful
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: January 15, 1953
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Dick Powell, Gilbert Roland, Gloria Grahame, Kirk Douglas

1953

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: January 15, 1953 | Approved

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

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

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 118 min

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100

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Hollywood here looks diabolically seductive. Read full review

100

Terry Atkinson

This slice of (Hollywood) life is among the director's greatest works -- and among the best incisive-yet-affectionate examinations of the movie industry's dark side. [18 Nov 1988, p.25]

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Mick LaSalle

One of the most incisive and perceptive Hollywood films about Hollywood. Read full review

Philip Kemp

It’s packed with in-jokes and lightly disguised portraits of real-life Tinseltown figures; Douglas’ character is reckoned to be across between David O.Selznick and Vallewton. But even without a knowledge of the background, this is sharp, cynical fun. Read full review

Dave Kehr

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. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

The screenplay of the George Bradshaw story is exceptionally well-written. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

It is a crowded and colorful picture, but it is choppy, episodic and vague. Read full review

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