I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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 byVincente Minnelli
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 25, 1952
- Budget
- $1,558,000
- Revenue
- $3,373,000
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
- Directed by
- Vincente Minnelli
- Written by
- Charles Schnee
George Bradshaw - Produced by
- John Houseman
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