Title | : | Sweet Smell of Success |
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Release | : | 1957 |
Rating | : | 8.1 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 96 |
Genre | : | Drama,Film-Noir |
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.
Clifford Odets (screenplay), Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Ernest Lehman (novel)