Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success
Release: 1957-07-04
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 7.6
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
United Artists
Norma Productions
Curtleigh Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Clifford Odets
as Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Tony Curtis
as Sidney Falco
William Forrest
as Sen. Harvey Walker (uncredited)
George Nardelli
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
as Mildred Tam (uncredited)
Susan Harrison
as Susan Hunsecker
Jay Adler
as Manny Davis (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
as Man at Hot Dog Stand (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Coffee Shop Counter Man (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
H.M. Wynant
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Jeff Donnell
as Sally
Steve Carruthers
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
John Fiedler
as Hot Dog Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
as Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Elysian Club Patron (uncredited)
Lurene Tuttle
as Loretta Bartha (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as J.J. Hunsecker
Joe Frisco
as Herbie Temple
Barbara Nichols
as Rita
Edith Atwater
as Mary
Joseph Forte
as Toots Shor's Waiter (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
as Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Toots Shor's Bartender (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
as Al Evans (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Radio Program Director (uncredited)
David White
as Otis Elwell (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
as Lt. Harry Kello
Nicky Blair
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Bill Raisch
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Joseph Leon
as Joe Robard (uncredited)
Martin Milner
as Steve Dallas
Sam Levene
as Frank D' Angelo
Chico Hamilton
as The Chico Hamilton Quintet
Forbes Murray
as Toots Shor's Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Clifford Odets
Screenplay
Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor, Editorial Coordinator
Tony Curtis
Executive Producer
Burt Lancaster
Executive Producer
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Alexander Mackendrick
Director, Additional Writing
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay, Novel
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Janet Leigh
Executive Producer