If you loved Sweet Smell of Success, try The Ladykillers
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Alexander Mackendrick, and they both carry the pitch black mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Sweet Smell of Success, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Ladykillers is
Here's a lark: a caper film played mostly for laughs. A gang of criminal misfits, posing as a classical quintet, plots a heist from rooms rented by a sweet old lady. They picked the wrong granny to fool, though.

