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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 19, 2001
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 36 minutes
Country USA
Studio Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, United Artists
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Other Titles
• Sweet Smell of Success
• Dein Schicksal in meiner Hand (1958)
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Genre: Film-Noir, Drama, Suspense, Satire, Love
Tagline: This is the story of J.J. - But not the way he wants it told!
Plot: Director Alexander Mackendrick breaks away from black comedy (THE LADYKILLERS) and goes for full-fledged noir in this spectacular hard-boiled tale of greed, corruption, and brutality. In the flashing neon nighttime of NYC, grasping press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) trawls the city’s toniest nightspots--21,the Elysian--searching for the king of celebrity columnists, J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Falco is on the outs with Hunsecker because he hasn’t successfully broken up the romance between Hunsecker’s sister, Susie (Susan Harrison), and straitlaced jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Martin Milner). The all-powerful Hunsecker is punishing Falco’s failure by not printing any of the publicist’s items. Desperate to make a living, Falco reveals a dirty plan to separate weak-willed Susie from her beau. While disgusted by Falco’s slimy trade, the threatening, malicious columnist is determined to keep Susie for himself, so he agrees. In this jazzily scored, seamy nocturnal world, everyone is expendable as Hunsecker pushes for his twisted desires and Falco grasps for success. With their machine-gun dialogue and despicable behavior, Hunsecker and Falco are as dangerous as gangsters. The person who comes out on top when the sun rises, however, is a true surprise.
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Ernest Lehman
North by Northwest, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Family Plot | |
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 | Tony Curtis
Some Like It Hot, The Great Race, The Celluloid Closet |
 | | Martin Milner
Dial M for Murder, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Sands of Iwo Jima | Sam Levene
...And Justice for All, The Killers, After the Thin Man | | Jeff Donnell
In a Lonely Place, The Blue Gardenia, The Amazing Spider-Man | |
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