Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
- media tycoon
- new york city
- newspaper
- sibling relationship
- jazz singer or musician
- film noir
- black and white
- gossip columnist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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)
- Directed
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Written
- Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 587 ratings
- Studio
- Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, United Artists, Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
