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Still remarkably pungent, this sordid tale about the entertainment business stars Lancaster as an all-powerful Broadway gossip columnist and Curtis as the smarmy publicity agent who will do anything to curry his favor. The script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman spares no one.
This article appears in June 16 • 2000.
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