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Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, and written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, and Mackendrick from the novelette by Lehman.
Sweet Smell of Success: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner. Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
- (36K)
- Drama, Film-Noir
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1957-07-04
Aug 2, 2020 · A classic film noir drama starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis as ruthless New York columnists. Watch the film online or download it for free from the Internet Archive.
- 97 min
- 14.7K
- Felicity Dungworth
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger...
- (61)
- Burt Lancaster
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Drama
In the swift, cynical Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.
- J. J. Hunsecker
Oct 21, 1997 · A classic film noir about a ruthless gossip columnist and a scheming press agent in New York. Read Ebert's analysis of the characters, the dialogue, the cinematography and the social context of this merciless masterpiece.
J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco, a sleazy and unscrupulous press agent, to break up the affair by any means possible. — David Levene <D.S.Levene@durham.ac.uk>.
