Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Name: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Duration: 1 h 36 min

1hr 36m

1hr 36m
100

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Alexander Mackendrick

Producer:

James Hill

Writer:

Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman

Release Date:

Jun 27, 1957

Runtime:

1hr 36m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Burt Lancaster
Tony Curtis
Susan Harrison
Martin Milner
Jeff Donnell
Sam Levene
Joe Frisco
Barbara Nichols
Emile Meyer
Edith Atwater

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USER SCORE (58)

Generally favorable reviews based on 58 Reviews

100

Can a film so expertly capture the odious and bitter that it becomes deliciously, disgustingly beautiful? Yes, if that film is 1957's Sweet Smell of Success.

Kim Morgan

Portland Oregonian

100

Its pleasures are almost obscenely abundant.

Dana Stevens

The New York Times

100

Everyone raves about this 1957 film -- and everyone's right.

David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

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