Le Grand Chantage
Sweet Smell of Success
Release: 1957-07-04
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 7.6
Drame
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…
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
United Artists
Norma Productions
Curtleigh Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tony Curtis
as Sidney Falco
Charles Sherlock
as Toots Shor's Bartender (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
as Mildred Tam (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Radio Program Director (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Bill Raisch
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Martin Milner
as Steve Dallas
Emile Meyer
as Lt. Harry Kello
Lurene Tuttle
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Coffee Shop Counter Man (uncredited)
David White
as Otis Elwell (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
as Al Evans (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
as Man at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
Edith Atwater
as Mary
Sol Murgi
as Waiter (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Susan Harrison
as Susan Hunsecker
Jeff Donnell
as Sally
Joseph Forte
as Toots Shor's Waiter (uncredited)
H.M. Wynant
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Sam Levene
as Frank D' Angelo
Jay Adler
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
John Fiedler
as Hot Dog Stand Counterman (uncredited)
George Nardelli
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Joe Frisco
as Herbie Temple
Chico Hamilton
as The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Bess Flowers
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Clifford Odets
as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Barbara Nichols
as Rita
William Forrest
as Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)
Nicky Blair
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
as Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as J.J. Hunsecker
Joseph Leon
as Joe Robard (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Elysian Club Patron (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Clifford Odets
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Janet Leigh
Executive Producer
Burt Lancaster
Executive Producer
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor, Editorial Coordinator
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay, Novel
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Tony Curtis
Executive Producer
Alexander Mackendrick
Director, Additional Writing