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.
as Georgia Lorrison
as Jonathan Shields
as Harry Pebbel
as James Lee Bartlow
as Fred Amiel
as Rosemary Bartlow
as Henry Whitfield
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
as Syd Murphy
as Kay Amiel
as Lila
as Gus
as Von Ellstein
as Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
as Ferraday (uncredited)
as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Piano Player (uncredited)
as Mourner (uncredited)
as McDill (uncredited)
as Eulogist (uncredited)
as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
as Ida (uncredited)
as Casting Director (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
as Priest (uncredited)
as Assistant (uncredited)
as Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
as Cameraman (uncredited)
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
as Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
as Miss March (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Leading Lady (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
as Hugo Shields (uncredited)
as Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
as Mourner (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Mourner (uncredited)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Mourner (uncredited)
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
as Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
as Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
as Mourner (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Studio Electrician (uncredited)
as Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Leading Man (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
as Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
as Arlene (uncredited)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Theatre Worker (uncredited)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
as Crew Member (uncredited)
as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
as Cameraman (uncredited)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
as Heavy Woman (uncredited)
as Theatre Worker (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Linda Ronley (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Rosa (uncredited)
as Cameraman (uncredited)
as Judge (uncredited)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
as Butler (uncredited)
as Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
as Leading Man (uncredited)
as Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
