# Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Alexander Mackendrick
**Written by**: Ernest Lehman, Clifford Odets
**Starring**: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell, Sam Levene

> *Beware these “Gentlemen” of the press!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

All About Eve without sentiment. Powerful columnist J.J. Hunsecker disapproves of his sister's boyfriend, a jazz musician. Hunsecker strong-arms a desperate press agent into sabotaging the relationship. Lush, dark portrait of ambition, set to a jazz pulse.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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