STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Susan Harrison Marty Milner

Directors Alexander Mackendrick

Screenwriters Ernest Lehman

Running Time 96 minutes

Sweet Smell of Success (PG)

Plot
Broadway. All powerful journalist J.J. Hunsecker has cut press agent Sidney Falco out of his column after Sidney has failed to break up a relationship between J.J.'s beloved sister and a musician. Luckily, Sidney has a plan; a plan involving blackmail.

Verdict
With some of the sharpest dialogue ever cut in Hollywood, only on the most superficial level is this a movie about gossip and publicity. We're talking show business. We're talking America. We're talking cast-iron classic.


Reviewer: Colin Kennedy

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