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Description: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Cast:
J.J. Hunsecker: Burt Lancaster
Sidney Falco: Tony Curtis
Susan Hunsecker: Susan Harrison
Steve Dallas: Martin Milner
Sally: Jeff Donnell
Frank D' Angelo: Sam Levene
Herbie Temple: Joe Frisco
Rita: Barbara Nichols
Lt. Harry Kello: Emile Meyer
Mary: Edith Atwater
The Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Manny Davis: Jay Adler
Patron at Toots Shor's: H.M. Wynant
Waiter: Sol Murgi
Patron at 21: Bert Stevens
Lou - Headwaiter at Toots Shor's: Robert Carson
Al Evans: Lewis Charles
Buddy Clark - Bassist in Chico Hamilton Quintet: Buddy Clark
Leo Bartha: Lawrence Dobkin
Counterman at Hot Dog Stand: John Fiedler
Sen. Harvey Walker: William Forrest
Waiter at Toots Shor's: Joseph Forte
Waiter at 21: Waclaw Rekwart
Trailer Narrator (voice): Paul Frees
Patron at 21 Club: Joe Gray
Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Quintet drummer & leader: Chico Hamilton
Man Outside Theatre: Clifford Odets
Paul Horn - Chico Hamilton Quintet woodwind player: Paul Horn
Man at Hot Dog Stand: Charles Jordan
Fred Katz - Chico Hamilton Quintet cellist: Fred Katz
Joe Robard: Joseph Leon
Stage Hand: Charles Perry
Minor Role: Jane Ross
Linda James: Autumn Russell
Bartender at Toots Shor's: Charles Sherlock
Carson Smith: Carson Smith
Mildred Tam: Queenie Smith
Elysian Club Patron: Arthur Tovey
Loretta Bartha: Lurene Tuttle
Coffee Shop Counter Man: Harry Tyler
Radio Program Director: Philip Van Zandt
Otis Elwell: David White

Written by: Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, Alexander Mackendrick

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Production: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, United Artists, Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions

Release date: 04 Jul 1957