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

1952

1h 58m

7.3(267 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

108 members

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Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

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Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

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Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

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Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

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Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

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Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

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Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

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Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

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Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

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Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

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Elaine Stewart

Lila

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Sammy White

Gus

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Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

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Lucy Knoch

Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

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Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)

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Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Costume & Make-Up

Del Armstrong

Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

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Ben Astar

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

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Barbara Billingsley

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

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John Bishop

Ferraday (uncredited)

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Madge Blake

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

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Marshall Bradford

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

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Paul Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hadda Brooks

Piano Player (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Mourner (uncredited)

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Robert Burton

McDill (uncredited)

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Francis X. Bushman

Eulogist (uncredited)

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Louis Calhern

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

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Marietta Canty

Ida (uncredited)

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Robert Carson

Casting Director (uncredited)

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Beulah Christian

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Janet Comerford

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Jonathan Cott

Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Lillian Culver

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

Costume & Make-Up

Alexis Davidoff

Priest (uncredited)

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Bob Davis

Assistant (uncredited)

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Sandy Descher

Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)

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Helen Dickson

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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Phil Dunham

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

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Steve Dunhill

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

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James Farrar

Publicity Man (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Poker Player (uncredited)

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George Ford

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Steve Forrest

Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

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Kathleen Freeman

Miss March (uncredited)

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Rudy Germane

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Frank Gerstle

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ned Glass

Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Phyllis Graffeo

Leading Lady (uncredited)

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Herschel Graham

Party Guest (uncredited)

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A. Cameron Grant

Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Marion Gray

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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William E. Green

Hugo Shields (uncredited)

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Dabbs Greer

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Mourner (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dick Johnstone

Mourner (uncredited)

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Ted Jordan

Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Joseph Keane

Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Mourner (uncredited)

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Peggy King

Singer at Party (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

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Louise Lane

Party Guest (uncredited)

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George J. Lewis

"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)

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Wilbur Mack

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Paul Marion

Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

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Paul Maxey

Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

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May McAvoy

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Mourner (uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Patrick J. Molyneaux

Studio Electrician (uncredited)

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Roger Moore

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

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Ellanora Needles

Reporter (uncredited)

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Richard Norris

Leading Man (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

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Pat O'Malley

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

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Christopher Olsen

Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

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Dorothy Patrick

Arlene (uncredited)

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William Phillips

Assistant Director (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

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Paul Power

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

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Kathy Qualen

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

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Anthony Redondo

Crew Member (uncredited)

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Jeff Richards

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

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Loretta Russell

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter (uncredited)

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Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Perry Sheehan

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

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George Sherwood

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Reginald Simpson

Poker Player (uncredited)

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Mabel Smaney

Heavy Woman (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

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William Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

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Dee Turnell

Linda Ronley (uncredited)

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Harry Tyler

Man (uncredited)

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Kaaren Verne

Rosa (uncredited)

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Ray Walker

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Harte Wayne

Judge (uncredited)

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Lawrence A. Williams

Poker Player (uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Butler (uncredited)

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Wilson Wood

Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

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Douglas Yorke

Leading Man (uncredited)

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Costume & Make-Up

Helen Young

Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)

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