A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
Martin Milner
- Steve Dallas
- (as Marty Milner)
Chico Hamilton
- Self
- (as The Chico Hamilton Quintet)
Buddy Clark
- Self
- (as The Chico Hamilton Quintet)
Jay Adler
- Manny Davis
- (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Nicky Blair
- Patron at Toots Shor's
- (uncredited)
Nick Borgani
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPublicity materials for the film noted cinematographer James Wong Howe spread a film of Vaseline on Lancaster's glasses to create a shine and make his stare more menacing.
- Goofs(at around 2 mins) When Sidney peruses J.J. Hunsecker's 'The Eyes of Broadway' column on page 21 of the New York Globe newspaper, it can be seen that several of the paragraphs are repeated. Of the nine paragraphs visible, it can be seen that paragraph 7 is an exact copy of paragraph 2; 8 is a copy of 5, and 9 is a copy of 4.
- Quotes
J.J. Hunsecker: I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.
- Crazy creditsintroducing Susan Harrison
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
Featured review
From the opening credits to the climatic ending, the scintillating dialogue and the magnetic performances from both Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis this is Hollywood at its cerebral best. The king of the thinking mans cinema. Has better dialogue ever been written, the meetings between all the different characters that inhabit this world of shadows and intrigue, constantly draw the viewers attention to this masterpiece. When the so called film buffs compile there lists of the "best" films and so on, this should always be talked of in the top five and yet though recognised more as the years go by this is still a highly overlooked film. That Marlon Brando, De niro, Nicholson and the like should be recognised so often in said lists when Burt Lancaster in this film and in so many others has equalled or surpassed there best performances is a real scandal. Perhaps because this film strikes at the very heart of the establishment and shows the media and press up for the unscrupulous scum they are that this is one those fellows would like to forget. It is always difficult to look the truth of oneself in the mirror and this is one mirror the media should look very closely at. A masterpiece from Lancaster, who's courage never failed when making films and was always ready to tackle the kind of film making that lesser men would not have dared to, not to mention casting himself in a "bad guy" role that defied his heroic, handsome leading man status. Let us not forget that this is the same man who through out his life was never afraid to speak out on subjects that were important to him, a life long liberal and contemptuous of anyone who excepted limitation. I love this film and both Lancaster and the picture were far ahead of their time.
- mattspringett76
- Aug 2, 2007
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- Dein Schicksal in meiner Hand
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- Budget
- $3,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $7,704
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1(original ratio)
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