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Director Alexander Mackendrick
Writers Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman
In 1950s New York, a powerful gossip columnist uses his influence to shape careers and public opinion. When he disapproves of his sister’s romance with a jazz musician, he hires an ambitious press agent to break them apart, pushing everyone into a ruthless web of favors, threats, and dirty tricks.