J.J. Hunsecker, a powerful New York newspaper columnist, is dead set against his sister's marrying a jazz musician. Sidney Falco, a sleazy PR man, will do anything to get publicity for his clients, and he sees Hunsecker's situation as an opportunity to win the writer's favor. So, he sets out to break up the affair anyway he can.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 36m
RELEASE DATE: June 27, 1957
STARRING: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner, Susan Harrison, Sam Levene
DIRECTOR(S): Alexander Mackendrick
PRODUCER(S): James Hill
WRITER(S): Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, Alexander Mackendrick
STUDIO: United Artists