Very cold, cynical movie filmed in crystal clear black and white.The movie's look is echoed by its subject matter,it is never less than compelling with a great performance from Burt Lancaster at the centre as the incredibly self-centred, bigoted J.J. Hunsecker who will dish dirt on anyone to get his own way.Tony Curtis is also excellent as Sidney Falco,a name that has entered the language for a fawning follower who would sell a relative down the river for career advancement.   
  

Hunsecker was based on columnist Walter Winchell.

"A sweet slice of perversity, a study of dollar and power worship." Pauline Kael

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