Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

A Cookie Full of Arsenic

J.J. (Burt Lancaster) is surprised by Sidney’s (Tony Curtis) evil ways.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1957 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Agent
  • character-type: Journalist
  • editors-choice: Iconic Lines
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: Classic Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • mood: Understated
  • prop: Eye Glasses
  • setting: Backstage
  • setting: Theater
  • theme: Dishonesty
  • theme: Manipulation
  • actor: Burt Lancaster
  • actor: Tony Curtis
  • director: Alexander Mackendrick
  • producer: Burt Lancaster
  • producer: Harold Hecht
  • producer: Tony Curtis
  • composer: Elmer Bernstein
  • role-name: J.J. Hunsecker
  • role-name: Sidney Falco
  • screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
  • screenwriter: Clifford Odets
  • screenwriter: Alexander Mackendrick
  • year: 1957
  • studio: MGM

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