Summary:
Kirk Douglas plays the corrupt and amoral head of a major film studio in this Hollywood drama, often regarded as one of the film's industry's most interesting glimpses at itself. Actress Gloria Lorrison (Lana Turner), director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), and screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell) are invited to a meeting at a Hollywood sound stage at the request of pro... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Jonathan Shields)
Lana Turner - (Georgia Lorrison)
Walter Pidgeon - (Harry Pebbel)
Dick Powell - (James Lee Bartlow)
Barry Sullivan - (Fred Amiel)
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Review:
Vincente Minelli's self-reflexive, highly stylized profile of a charmingly manipulative producer (Kirk Douglas) seeking a comeback is one of the most cynical and enjoyably trashy films that Hollywood has ever made about itself. Appearing during the height of noir, when the movie business was taking a more jaundiced view of itself in films ... Continue >>

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