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Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1957 · 97 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Edith Atwater, Tony Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, David White, Buddy Clark
Powerful New York columnist J.J. Hunsecker dominates public opinion with his Broadway column, yet he cannot control his sister Susan’s romance with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Outraged, Hunsecker enlists ruthless publicist Sidney Falco, demanding he devise any scheme—no matter how ruthless—to end the relationship and restore his authority.
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