Le Grand Chantage (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success

Réalisateur : Alexander Mackendrick

Scénaristes : Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, Ernest Lehman

Genre : Drame

96 minutes

Status : Released

Budget : 3 400 000 $

Langue : English

Pays : United States of America

Sociétés de production : United Artists, Curtleigh Productions, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Norma Productions

Synopsis

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…

• 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)
• William Forrest - Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)
• Joseph Forte - Toots Shor's Waiter (uncredited)
• Raoul Freeman - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Kay Garrett - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• Joe Gray - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• Marion Gray - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• James Hill - Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
• Charles Jordan - Man at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
• Colin Kenny - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• Joseph La Cava - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Mike Lally - Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
• Joseph Leon - Joe Robard (uncredited)
• King Lockwood - Bar Patron (uncredited)
• Thomas Martin - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Hans Moebus - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• King Mojave - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Sol Murgi - Waiter (uncredited)
• Forbes Murray - Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
• George Nardelli - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• William H. O'Brien - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Clifford Odets - Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
• Charles Perry - Stage Hand (uncredited)
• Bill Raisch - Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
• Waclaw Rekwart - Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
• Edward Rickard - Bar Patron (uncredited)
• Jane Ross - Woman (uncredited)
• Autumn Russell - Linda James (uncredited)
• Charles Sherlock - Toots Shor's Bartender (uncredited)
• Carson Smith - Self (uncredited)
• Queenie Smith - Mildred Tam (uncredited)
• Bert Stevens - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• Arthur Tovey - Elysian Club Patron (uncredited)
• James Turley - Check Man (uncredited)
• Lurene Tuttle - Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
• Harry Tyler - Coffee Shop Counter Man (uncredited)
• Philip Van Zandt - Radio Program Director (uncredited)
• George Washburn - Patron at 21 (uncredited)
• David White - Otis Elwell (uncredited)
• H.M. Wynant - Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)