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 - including the writer, star and director - on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Kirk Douglas | Jonathan Shields | |
Walter Pidgeon | Harry Pebbel | |
Dick Powell | James Lee Bartlow | |
Barry Sullivan | Fred Amiel | |
Gloria Grahame | Rosemary Bartlow | |
Gilbert Roland | Victor 'Gaucho' Ribera |
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