Sweet Smell of Success is a Film Noir from American director Alexander Mackendrick. This drama tells the defamation of a media mogul against a jazz musician who wants to marry his sister.
Sweet Smell of Success is a Film Noir from American director Alexander Mackendrick. This drama tells the defamation of a media mogul against a jazz musician who wants to marry his sister.
Burt Lancaster
as J.J. Hunsecker
Tony Curtis
as Sidney Falco
Susan Harrison
as Susan Hunsecker
Martin Milner
as Steve Dallas
Barbara Nichols
as Rita
Jeff Donnell
as Sally
Edith Atwater
as Mary
Emile Meyer
as Lt. Harry Kello
Sam Levene
as Frank D' Angelo
David White
as Otis Elwell
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Review of Sweet Smell of Success 1957
“Sweet smell of success” - a film focused on the struggle for power, influence and money, played out on the gossip columns of a New York newspaper.
Tony Curtis plays Sid Falco, a press agent paid by wannabe stars to get their name known around town. Burt Lancaster plays J.J Hunsecker, the most in
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