The Sweet Smell of Success Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 96 mins
- Year produced:
- 1957
- Director:
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Cast:
- Burt Lancaster
- Tony Curtis
- Susan Harrison
A timeless portrait of the way that power works - in this case, in the 1950s world of journalism, in cut-throat New York - and one that will have you shifting uncomfortably in your seat. JJ Hunsecker is a gossip columnist so powerful that his reporting can make or break a career. Cruel and cold-blooded, he's a huge contrast to grovelling, poverty-stricken press agent Sidney Falco - who has to follow Hunsecker's every command, just to survive.
- Average rating:
(1 votes)
Reviews
21 May 2007
Conaill from De La Salle Secondary School
never heard of it. it looks unusally wdc wit all me peeps
Fascinating facts
The shoot was full of macho tension. At one point Burt Lancaster threatened to punch writer, Ernest Lehman, who responded "Go ahead, I need the money".