Sweet Smell of Success

  • Directors

    • Alexander Mackendrick
  • Writers

    • Clifford Odets
    • Ernest Lehman
    • Alexander Mackendrick
  • Actors

  • Companies

    • Norma Productions
    • Curtleigh Productions
    • Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
  • Countries

    • United States

1957

Approved

1h 36m

Description

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.

Tag lines

They know him - and they shiver - the big names of Broadway, Hollywood and Capitol Hill. They know J.J.- the world-famed columnist whose gossip is gospel to sixty million readers! They know the venom that flickers in those eyes behind the glasses - and they fawn - like Sid Falco, the kid who wanted "in" so much, he'd sell out his own girl to stand up there with J.J., sucking in the sweet smell of success! This is J.J.'s story - but not the way he would have liked it told!
8.0

Metascore: 100

Sweet Smell of Success

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