Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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Sweet Smell of Success is a drama film from 1957.

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Tony Cox

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Sweet Smell of Success is a drama film from 1957.

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - IMDb

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.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036/
Sweet Smell of Success - Wikipedia

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir made by Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists. It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison and Martin Milner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Smell_of_Success
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Rotten Tomatoes

J.J. Hunsecker, a powerful New York newspaper columnist, is dead set against his sister's marrying a jazz musician. Sidney Falco, a sleazy PR man, will do anything to get publicity for his clients, and he sees Hunsecker's situation as an opportunity to win the writer's favor. So, he sets out to break up the affair anyway he can.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sweet_smell_of_success
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) trailer - YouTube

US trailer for Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtE8r-VTsPY
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | The Criterion Collection

In the swift, cynical Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe, Sweet Smell of Success is a cracklingly cruel dispatch from the kill-or-be-killed wilds of 1950s Manhattan.
https://www.criterion.com/films/27542-sweet-smell-of-success
The Sweet Smell of Success Movie Review (1957) | Roger Ebert

The two men in "The Sweet Smell of Success" relate to each other like junkyard dogs. One is dominant, and the other is a whipped cur, circling hungrily, his tail between his legs, hoping for a scrap after the big dog has dined. 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 events to illustrate the love-hate relationship.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-sweet-smell-of-success-1957
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Overview - TCM.com

Overview of Sweet Smell of Success, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, at Turner Classic Movies
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24062/Sweet-Smell-of-Success/

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Sweet Smell of Success
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexander Mackendrick
Screenplay by	Clifford Odets Ernest Lehman Alexander Mackendrick (uncredited)
Based on	Tell Me About It Tomorrow! 1950 novelette in Cosmopolitan by Ernest Lehman
Produced by	James Hill
Starring	Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Susan Harrison Martin Milner Sam Levene Barbara Nichols Jeff Donnell Chico Hamilton
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Edited by	Alan Crosland Jr.
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Production companies	Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions Norma Productions Curtleigh Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	June 27, 1957 (1957-06-27) (New York City) July 4, 1957 (1957-07-04) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.4 million^[1] or $2 million^[2]
Box office	$2.25 million (US)^[3]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - IMDb

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.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036/
Sweet Smell of Success - Wikipedia

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir made by Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists. It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and stars Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison and Martin Milner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Smell_of_Success
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Rotten Tomatoes

J.J. Hunsecker, a powerful New York newspaper columnist, is dead set against his sister's marrying a jazz musician. Sidney Falco, a sleazy PR man, will do anything to get publicity for his clients, and he sees Hunsecker's situation as an opportunity to win the writer's favor. So, he sets out to break up the affair anyway he can.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sweet_smell_of_success
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) trailer - YouTube

US trailer for Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtE8r-VTsPY
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) | The Criterion Collection

In the swift, cynical Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe, Sweet Smell of Success is a cracklingly cruel dispatch from the kill-or-be-killed wilds of 1950s Manhattan.
https://www.criterion.com/films/27542-sweet-smell-of-success
The Sweet Smell of Success Movie Review (1957) | Roger Ebert

The two men in "The Sweet Smell of Success" relate to each other like junkyard dogs. One is dominant, and the other is a whipped cur, circling hungrily, his tail between his legs, hoping for a scrap after the big dog has dined. 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 events to illustrate the love-hate relationship.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-sweet-smell-of-success-1957
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Overview - TCM.com

Overview of Sweet Smell of Success, 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, at Turner Classic Movies
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24062/Sweet-Smell-of-Success/

Sweet Smell of Success
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alexander Mackendrick
Screenplay by	Clifford Odets Ernest Lehman Alexander Mackendrick (uncredited)
Based on	Tell Me About It Tomorrow! 1950 novelette in Cosmopolitan by Ernest Lehman
Produced by	James Hill
Starring	Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Susan Harrison Martin Milner Sam Levene Barbara Nichols Jeff Donnell Chico Hamilton
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Edited by	Alan Crosland Jr.
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Production companies	Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions Norma Productions Curtleigh Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	June 27, 1957 (1957-06-27) (New York City) July 4, 1957 (1957-07-04) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.4 million^[1] or $2 million^[2]
Box office	$2.25 million (US)^[3]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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