Home

    Explore

    Create

    User Avatar

    You

    Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

    "Beware these “Gentlemen” of the press!"

    1957

    1:37:12

    Rate

    7.6/10 (533)

    Watch

    Sweet Smell of Success

    Genre

    Drama

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Alexander Mackendrick

    Writers

    Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, Ernest Lehman,

    Stars

    Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell,