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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)Filmogs Rating:   (79.8%)
Director(s): Alexander Mackendrick
Writing: Ernest Lehman (novel), Clifford Odets
Links: IMDb Page, Wikipedia Page
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Runtime: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes
Language: English

Main Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco

Plot/Outline: 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.



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