Directed by:
Vincente MinnelliScreenplay:
Charles SchneeCinematography:
Robert SurteesComposer:
David RaksinCast:
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
An egotistical producer, Jonathan Shields (Douglas), determined to prove himself the finest filmmaker of all, gladly steps all over those who helped him when he was starting out. Told from the perspective of three victims -- an actress (Turner), a writer (Powell), and a director (Sullivan). (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Steve Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313174_fd3a33.jpg)
Steve Forrest
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
![Ray Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111739_439ddc.jpg)
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Ned Glass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000089_894e14.jpg)
Ned Glass
Poland
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Charade (1963)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Graduate (1967)
![Kurt Kasznar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000199_72723b.gif)
Kurt Kasznar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Lisa Golm
German Empire
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
![Christopher Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318041_c79061.gif)
Christopher Olsen
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Dick Johnstone
UK
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Marietta Canty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025440_0781a1.jpg)
Marietta Canty
USA
Best movies:
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
![Stanley Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867720_a7a639.gif)
Stanley Andrews
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Pat O'Malley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011776_193276.jpg)
Pat O'Malley
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Gentleman Jim (1942)