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