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.
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel

Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera