Broderick Crawford plays a Tony Soprano prototype - he's in metals rather than waste management. Garson Kanin's play adapted by Albert Mannheimer. It feels like a filmed play, unfortunately, but it's a good one, well acted by Judy Holliday (of course), William Holden, Crawford and Howard St, John.
Loved the gin rummy scene, filmed mainly in one take.
Judy died in 1965 aged 44 (breast cancer). Her career had been derailed by involvement with HUAC. She ended up with Gerry Mulligan.
Woody Allen reused the plot in Bullets Over Broadway and Small Time Crooks.
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