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.
Kirk Douglas Lana Turner Walter Pidgeon Dick Powell Barry Sullivan Gloria Grahame Gilbert Roland Leo G. Carroll Vanessa Brown Paul Stewart Sammy White Elaine Stewart Ivan Triesault Jay Adler Stanley Andrews Del Armstrong Ben Astar Barbara Billingsley John Bishop Madge Blake Marshall Bradford Paul Bradley Hadda Brooks Ralph Brooks Robert Burton Francis X. Bushman Louis Calhern Marietta Canty Robert Carson Beulah Christian Janet Comerford James Conaty Jonathan Cott Lillian Culver Alexis Davidoff Bob Davis Sandy Descher Helen Dickson Phil Dunham Steve Dunhill Franklyn Farnum James Farrar Bess Flowers Charles Fogel George Ford Steve Forrest Kathleen Freeman Rudy Germane Frank Gerstle Joe Gilbert Ned Glass James Gonzalez Phyllis Graffeo Herschel Graham A. Cameron Grant Marion Gray William E. Green Dabbs Greer Robert Haines Sam Harris Dick Johnstone Ted Jordan Joseph Keane Kenner G. Kemp Peggy King Lucy Knoch Mike Lally Louise Lane George J. Lewis Wilbur Mack Paul Marion Paul Maxey May McAvoy Harold Miller Hans Moebus Patrick J. Molyneaux Roger Moore Ellanora Needles Richard Norris William H. O'Brien Pat O'Malley Christopher Olsen Dorothy Patrick William Phillips Murray Pollack Paul Power Kathy Qualen Anthony Redondo Jeff Richards Loretta Russell Jeffrey Sayre Frank J. Scannell Perry Sheehan George Sherwood Reginald Simpson Mabel Smaney Norman Stevans William Tannen Dee Turnell Harry Tyler Kaaren Verne Ray Walker Harte Wayne Lawrence A. Williams Eric Wilton Wilson Wood Douglas Yorke Helen Young
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