Note the year in which it was filmed: 1961. Full Kennedy era. Notice the clean and critical political air that was blowing in the USA. The argument is a profound defense of democracy and a painful denunciation of political corruption. For that alone it deserves to be remembered. But the time it was made makes it a kind of historical document. Susan Hayward was a very good actress and Dean Martin I think he did his best to live up to it. Impossible to forget Martin Balsam, Wilfrid Hyde White and director Daniel Mann. Thanks to all of them we recovered a bit of that clean air that was breathed thanks to John F. Kennedy.
