The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic86/100
310 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles SchneeScreenplay
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lana TurnerGeorgia Lorrison
- Kirk DouglasJonathan Shields
- Walter PidgeonHarry Pebbel
- Dick PowellJames Lee Bartlow
- Barry SullivanFred Amiel
- Gloria GrahameRosemary Bartlow
- Leo G. CarrollHenry Whitfield
- Gilbert RolandVictor "Gaucho" Ribera
- Paul StewartSyd Murphy
- Vanessa BrownKay Amiel
- Elaine StewartLila
- Sammy WhiteGus
Stills
Themes
movie businessrise and fallflashbackhollywoodblack and whitetold in flashback