Frank Sinatra's expert delivery of some great Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart songs, which include The Lady Is a Tramp and My Funny Valentine, more than makes up for the whitewash here of the black-hearted hero from the stage version. Joey is now a crooner, not a hoofer as on stage, and his lust for bed (on the make for fading star Rita Hayworth, but really loving Kim Novak, in a rather pallid turn) and bright lights has been toned down for an out-of-kilter happy ending. The heel proves to have a soul, which is rather a pity as novelist John O'Hara's original Broadway exposé deserves a more sarcastic treatment.

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.