Sweet Smell of Success

Updated: 18 Jul 2022

Directors:

Jack Solomon Ernest Lehman Ernest Lehman Tony Curtis Edward G. Boyle Edward Carrere Elmer Bernstein Robert J. Schiffer Burt Lancaster Harold Hecht Alexander Mackendrick Clifford Odets James Hill James Wong Howe Alan Crosland, Jr. Mary Grant

Actors:

Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Susan Harrison Martin Milner Sam Levene Barbara Nichols David White Jeff Donnell Edith Atwater Joe Frisco Emile Meyer Bess Flowers Colin Kenny Lawrence Dobkin John Fiedler Bert Stevens Arthur Tovey William H. O'Brien

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Year: 1957

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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. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

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Wes Anderson

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Here's a classic staple of New York movies. The look of it is this distilled black-and-white New York and Clifford Odets writes great dialogue.

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Elisabeth Moss

Actress

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It was a movie I discovered a little bit later, like maybe in my teens. And that was another move that I was just like, “Jesus, the writing on this thing, it’s unbelievable.” The one-liners are so smart, you know?

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