I saw this, or most of it, many years ago. . .but it had kinda melded with Wise Blood, A Face in the Crowd and All the King’s Men in my brain. All of these films are great — the huckster’s rise and fall story usually is. Burt Lancaster is just fantastic here — some of his acting may be a little hammy today, but remembering when he did the bulk of his work, he really is a great link in the chain of naturalistic film acting. Anyway I’d like to see a “promise keeper” modernization of this one.