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An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw
Production: N/A
Year: 1952
MetaScore: 86/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 09 Feb 1953
Awards: Won 5 Oscars. 7 wins & 7 nominations total
Cast
Georgia Lorrison - Lana Turner
Jonathan - Kirk Douglas
Harry Pebbel - Walter Pidgeon
James Lee Bartlow - Dick Powell
Fred Amiel - Barry Sullivan
Rosemary - Gloria Grahame
'Gaucho' - Gilbert Roland
Henry Whitfield - Leo G. Carroll
Kay Amiel - Vanessa Brown
Syd - Paul Stewart
Gus - Sammy White
Lila - Elaine Stewart
Von Ellstein - Ivan Triesault
Mr. Z - Party Guest - Jay Adler
Sheriff - Stanley Andrews
Georgia's Makeup Artist - Screen Test Scene - Del Armstrong
Joe - Party Guest - Ben Astar
Evelyn Lucien - Costumer - Barbara Billingsley
Ferraday - John Bishop
Mrs. Rosser - Madge Blake
Man Outside Club - Marshall Bradford
Party Guest - Paul Bradley
Piano Player - Hadda Brooks
Mourner - Ralph Brooks
McDill - Robert Burton
Eulogist - Francis X. Bushman
Georgia Lorrison's Father - Louis Calhern
Ida - Marietta Canty
Casting Director - Robert Carson
Party Guest - Beulah Christian
Bobby-Soxer - Janet Comerford
Party Guest - James Conaty
Assistant Director - Jonathan Cott
Real Estate Woman - Lillian Culver
Priest - Alexis Davidoff
Assistant - Bob Davis
Screaming Little Girl on 'Cat Man' Set - Sandy Descher
Symposium Guest - Helen Dickson
Pawnbroker - Phil Dunham
Cameraman - Steve Dunhill
Assistant on Set - Franklyn Farnum
Publicity Man - James Farrar
Joe's Friend at Party - Bess Flowers
Poker Player - Charles Fogel
Club Patron - George Ford
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test - Steve Forrest
Miss March - Kathleen Freeman
Party Guest - Rudy Germane
Gabby Agent at Party - Frank Gerstle
Party Guest - Joe Gilbert
Wardrobe Man - Ned Glass
Undetermined Minor Role - Lisa Golm
Party Guest - James Gonzalez
Leading Lady - Phyllis Graffeo
Party Guest - Herschel Graham
Assistant Director - A. Cameron Grant
Symposium Guest - Marion Gray
Hugo Shields - William E. Green
Studio Lighting Technician - Dabbs Greer
Mourner - Robert Haines
Party Guest - Sam Harris
Poker Player - Stuart Holmes
Mourner - Dick Johnstone
Assistant Director - Ted Jordan
Party Guest - Kurt Kasznar
Assistant Director - Joseph Keane
Mourner - Kenner G. Kemp
Singer at Party - Peggy King
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho - Lucy Knoch
Preview Ticket Taker - Mike Lally
Party Guest - Louise Lane
'Far Away Mountain' Test Actor #2 - George J. Lewis
Party Guest - Wilbur Mack
Spanish Actor in Screen Test - Paul Marion
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at Party - Paul Maxey
Pebbel's Secretary - May McAvoy
Mourner - Harold Miller
Party Guest - Hans Moebus
Studio Electrician - Patrick J. Molyneaux
Cigar Clerk - Roger Moore
Reporter - Ellanora Needles
Leading Man - Richard Norris
Waiter at Party - William H. O'Brien
Man Outside Club - Pat O'Malley
Amiel's Boy - Christopher Olsen
Arlene - Dorothy Patrick
Assistant Director - William 'Bill' Phillips
Theatre Worker - Murray Pollack
Theatre Manager - Paul Power
Bobby-Soxer - Kathy Qualen
Crew Member - Anthony Redondo
Studio Props Department Man - Jeff Richards
Symposium Guest - Loretta Russell
Waiter - Jeffrey Sayre
Reporter - Frank J. Scannell
Pebbel's Secretary - Perry Sheehan
Cameraman - George Sherwood
Minor role - Luther Shields
Poker Player - Reginald Simpson
Heavy Woman - Mabel Smaney
Theatre Worker - Norman Stevans
Reporter - William Tannen
Linda Ronley - Dee Turnell
Minor role - Harry Tyler
Rosa - Kaaren Verne
Cameraman - Ray Walker
Judge - Harte Wayne
Poker Player - Lawrence A. Williams
Butler - Eric Wilton
Man on Movie Set - Wilson Wood
Leading Man - Douglas Yorke
Georgia's Hair Stylist - Screen Test Scene - Helen Young