I’m looking forward to watching the UK version. Yes, the cinematography is superb, you could say Altonesque. On a par with the Belfast of Odd Man Out and the Vienna of The Third Man, perhaps even more atmospheric. I have found that Harry’s so-called “likeability” to be purely all surface shtick hiding a grasping opportunist, always disreputable. That’s why Widmark, with his manic skull-like grin, I think was perfect for the role. I can’t think of another actor from that period who would have been a better fit. As for Tierney, except for Leave Her To Heaven, Tierney usually had a high insufferable quotient, imo. Peggy Cummins could have stood in perfectly, with a bit of an edge to her character instead of wearing Tierney’s “kick me” sign around her neck. Yes, the Withers/Sullivan marriage is a pure marriage made of convenience that turns into a marriage made in hell. After she leaves him to open her own club, Sullivan says something to Withers to the effect that “You’ll come back, and what’s more, I’ll take you back”. The casual groveling of a homely obese man. My enjoyment of that line reminds me of when Laird Cregar in I Wake Up Screaming is asked “What’s the good of living without hope”? Laird responds – “It can be done”. True then, and true today.