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.

• DirectorVincente Minnelli
• Release25 December 1952
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 58m
• Budget$1,558,000
• Revenue$3,373,000
• Rate
  

  7.333
  260 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer