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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. The shadowy noir cinematography filmed on location in New York City was shot by ...
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Sweet Smell of Success, American film noir, released in 1957, that was praised for its intensity, intelligent dialogue, and searing look at corruption in big-city journalism.
Burt Lancaster played J.J. Hunsecker, a ruthless Broadway columnist (based on Walter Winchell) who delights in destroying his enemies’ careers. Desperate to curry his favour, the publicist Sidney Falco (played by Tony Curtis) agrees to help Hunsecker break up the relationship between the columnist’s sister and a jazz musician.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director: Alexander Mackendrick
•Producer: James Hill
•Writers: Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman
•Music: Elmer Bernstein
•Running time: 96 minutes
•Burt Lancaster (J.J. Hunsecker)
•Tony Curtis (Sidney Falco)
•Susan Harrison (Susan Hunsecker)
•Martin Milner (Steve Dallas)
- Lee Pfeiffer
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.
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- Drama, Film-Noir
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1957-07-04
Written by Clifford Odetsand Ernest Lehman.New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas.
It's based on a story by Ernest Lehman, who also wrote the first draft of the screenplay, sharing credit with playwright Clifford Odets, who worked on the final rewrites. Mackendrick also did some uncredited writing work.
Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis play tabloid baron J.J. Hunsecker and grasping press agent Sidney Falco in this jet-black satire on the venality of the newspaper business.
Dec 25, 2000 · “Sweet Smell of Success” had its roots in real life: Ernest Lehman’s. In 1950 Lehman published a novella in Cosmopolitan magazine called “Tell Me About It Tomorrow.”
