Le Grand Chantage
Sweet Smell of Success
New York. Minable agent publicitaire de Broadway, Sidney Falco sert d'informateur au tout-puissant éditorialiste du journal Le Globe, J.J. Hunsecker, qu'il hait et envie à la fois. Celui-ci le charge d'une basse besogne : briser par un scandale l'idylle nouée entre sa propre sœur Susan et un jeune guitariste, Steve Dallas. Après un premier échec, Falco parvient à ses fins, moyennant chantage…
- Budget
- $3,400,000
- Recettes
- $2,500,000
- Statut
- Released
Burt Lancaster
— J.J. Hunsecker
Tony Curtis
— Sidney Falco
Susan Harrison
— Susan Hunsecker
Martin Milner
— Steve Dallas
Jeff Donnell
— Sally
Sam Levene
— Frank D' Angelo
Joe Frisco
— Herbie Temple
Barbara Nichols
— Rita
Emile Meyer
— Lt. Harry Kello
Edith Atwater
— Mary
Chico Hamilton
— The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Paul Horn
— The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Fred Katz
— The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Buddy Clark
— The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Jay Adler
— Manny Davis (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
— Bar Patron (uncredited)
Nicky Blair
— Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Nick Borgani
— Waiter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
— Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Brad Brown
— Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
— Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Robert Carson
— Lou (Toots Shor's Headwaiter) (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
— Al Evans (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
— Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
— Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Joe Di Reda
— Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
— Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
— Patron at 21 (uncredited)
John Fiedler
— Hot Dog Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
— Patron at 21 (uncredited)