Sweet Smell of Success
1957 ‧ Noir/Thriller ‧ 1h 36m
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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 sister, Susan (Susan Harrison), who is in a relationship with...
Release date: June 27, 1957 (USA)
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Screenplay: Alexander Mackendrick, Ernest Lehman, and Clifford Odets
Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Distributed by: United Artists
Based on: Tell Me About It Tomorrow!; 1950 novelette in Cosmopolitan; by Ernest Lehman
The film tells the story of powerful and sleazy newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker (portrayed by Lancaster and based on Walter Winchell) who uses his ...
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Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar- ...
Duration: 3:25
Posted: Feb 10, 2011
Posted: Feb 10, 2011
Oct 21, 1997 · The dynamic between a powerful gossip columnist and a hungry press agent, is seen starkly and without pity. The rest of the plot simply supplies ...
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Unconventional yet engaging plot that has something to say about American society. This film does so much right it is hard to criticize. It works on every level ...
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An all-powerful New York gossip columnist forces a press agent to do his dirty work in exchange for press coverage in his column.
Mar 31, 2024 · Sweet Smell of Success was based on the short story “Tell Me About It Tomorrow” by Ernest Lehman, who cowrote the screenplay with Clifford Odets ...
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"I'd hate to take a bite outta you; you're a cookie full of arsenic." With Sweet Smell of Success, his first stab at Hollywood filmmaking after a decade spent ...
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A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating, compelling story (The ...