Le Grand Chantage
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…
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Cast
John Fiedler
Hot Dog Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Clifford Odets
Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Coffee Shop Counter Man (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Manny Davis (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Susan Harrison
Susan Hunsecker
Sam Levene
Frank D' Angelo
Lawrence Dobkin
Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Toots Shor's Waiter (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Waiter (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Radio Program Director (uncredited)
Jeff Donnell
Sally
George Nardelli
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
Lt. Harry Kello
Barbara Nichols
Rita
William Forrest
Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Toots Shor's Bartender (uncredited)
Chico Hamilton
The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Joe Frisco
Herbie Temple
Queenie Smith
Mildred Tam (uncredited)
Lurene Tuttle
Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
H.M. Wynant
Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Tony Curtis
Sidney Falco
Forbes Murray
Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
David White
Otis Elwell (uncredited)
Martin Milner
Steve Dallas
Burt Lancaster
J.J. Hunsecker
Steve Carruthers
Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Man at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Leon
Joe Robard (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Elysian Club Patron (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
Al Evans (uncredited)
Edith Atwater
Mary
Bill Raisch
Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)