Movie: "Sweet Smell of Success"
| Release Date: | Jun 1957 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Film-Noir |
| Awards | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | 96 min. |
| Cast: | Burt Lancaster (J.J. Hunsecker), Tony Curtis (Sidney Falco) Susan Harrison (Susan Hunsecker) Martin Milner (Steve Dallas) Jeff Donnell (Sally) Sam Levene (Frank D' Angelo) Joe Frisco (Herbie Temple) Barbara Nichols (Rita) Emile Meyer (Lt. Harry Kello) Edith Atwater (Mary) The Chico Hamilton Quintet (Themselves) Nick Adams (Hot-Dog Stand Customer (uncredited)) Jay Adler (Manny Davis (uncredited)) Lewis Charles (Al Evans (uncredited)) Buddy Clark (Bassist in Chico Hamilton Quintet...) Lawrence Dobkin (Leo Bartha (uncredited)) John Fiedler (Counterman (uncredited)) Bess Flowers (Extra at Toots Shor's (uncredited)) William Forrest (Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)) Robert Fuller (Extra (uncredited)) Joe Gray (Patron at 21 Club (uncredited)) Chico Hamilton (Himself - Chico Hamilton Quintet...) James Hill (Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)) Paul Horn (Himself - Chico Hamilton Quintet...) Fred Katz (Himself - Chico Hamilton Quintet...) Joseph Leon (Joe Robard (uncredited)) Thomas Martin (Waiter (uncredited)) Clifford Odets (Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)) Jane Ross ((uncredited)) Autumn Russell (Linda James (uncredited)) Carson Smith (Himself (uncredited)) Queenie Smith (Mildred Tam (uncredited)) Arthur Tovey (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Lurene Tuttle (Loretta Bartha (uncredited)) Harry Tyler (Coffee Shop Counter Man (uncredited)) Philip Van Zandt (Radio Program Director (uncredited)) David White (Otis Elwell (uncredited)) |
Storyline: J.J. Hunsceker (Burt Lancaster), is a tyrannical Broadway columnist for the New York Globe who rules his demimonde with the press's power to create or destroy. Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis), is the hustling publicist who is consumed by desperate ambition and hates himself because of it; he will do anything to gain the admiration of Hunsceker ("My experience, in brief, is dog eat dog.") The film was shot in black and white by James Wong Howe, giving it a grittiness that underscores the class ranking among the characters. In the script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, Falco's early prediction - "Every dog has its day" - comes crashingly true.
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