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  Sweet Smell of Success

J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco, a sleazy and unscrupulous press agent, to break up the affair by any means possible.

96 Minutes

Clifford Odets (screenplay)
Ernest Lehman (screenplay)

Alexander Mackendrick

Burt Lancaster....J.J. Hunsecker
Tony Curtis....Sidney Falco
Susan Harrison....Susan Hunsecker
Martin Milner....Steve Dallas (as Marty Milner)
Jeff Donnell....Sally
Sam Levene....Frank D' Angelo
Joe Frisco....Herbie Temple
Barbara Nichols....Rita
Emile Meyer....Lt. Harry Kello
Edith Atwater....Mary
The Chico Hamilton Quintet....The Chico Hamilton Quintet

Genres

Drama, Film-Noir

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