A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan's night creatures in a sinister game that involves money, power and ultimately survival.
- Edith Atwater
- Tony Curtis
- Jeff Donnell
- Joe Frisco
- Burt Lancaster
- Susan Harrison
- Emile Meyer
- Sam Levene
- Martin Milner
- Barbara Nichols
- Lurene Tuttle
- Set Decorator : Edward G, Boyle
- Composer: Elmer Bernstein
- Art Director: Edward Carrere
- Editor: Alan Crosland Jr.
- Costume Designer: Mary Grant
- Songs by: Chico Hamilton
- Producer: James Hill
- Cinematographer: James Wong Howe
- Songs by: Fred Katz
- Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
- Story by: Ernest Lehman
- Director: Alexander Mackendrick
- Screenplay: Clifford Odets
