Sweet Smell of Success

7.6

United States Of America

Drama

97 min

1957

Charles Sherlock Charles Jordan Colin Kenny Mike Lally Sol Murgi Forbes Murray George Nardelli William H. O'Brien Clifford Odets Bill Raisch Chico Hamilton Queenie Smith Bert Stevens Arthur Tovey Lurene Tuttle Harry Tyler Philip Van Zandt David White H.M. Wynant Jay Adler Burt Lancaster Susan Harrison Martin Milner Jeff Donnell Sam Levene Joe Frisco Barbara Nichols Emile Meyer Edith Atwater Tony Curtis Nicky Blair Steve Carruthers Lewis Charles Lawrence Dobkin John Fiedler Bess Flowers William Forrest Joseph Forte

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.