Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Successby Alexander Mackendrick1h361957United States
Recommended byMartin Scorsese, Pierre Salvadori, Paul Schrader, Diane Kurys
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Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
Credits
- Producer : Harold Hecht
- Production Compagny : Norma-Curtleigh Productions, Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions
- Sound Recorder : Jack Solomon
- Scenario : Ernest Lehman, Clifford Odets
- Original Work Author : Ernest Lehman
- Original Music : Elmer Bernstein
- Director : Alexander Mackendrick
- Set Decoration : Edward G. Boyle
- Producer : James Hill
- Photo Director : James Wong Howe
- Costume Design : Mary Grant
- Editing : Alan Crosland Jr.
- Executive Producer : Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Year of production : 1957
- French release date : 27 December 1957
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English