Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and and written by Clifford Odets an Ernest Lehman, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison and Martin Milner.
==Plot==
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan (Susan Harrison), who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Martin Milner). Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
==Cast==
*Burt Lancaster as J. J. Hunsecker
*Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco
*Susan Harrison as Susan Hunsecker
*Martin Milner as Steve Dallas
*Sam Levene as Frank D'Angelo
*Barbara Nichols as Rita
*Jeff Donnell as Sally
*Joe Frisco as Herbie Temple
*Emile Meyer as Lt. Harry Kello, NYPD
*Edith Atwater as Mary
*David White as Elwell (uncredited)
*Chico Hamilton as Himself (uncredited)
*Fred Katz as The Cellist (uncredited)
Category:1957 films
Category:1950s films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Drama films
Category:American drama films
Category:Film noir
Category:Films with screenplays by Ernest Lehman
Category:Films directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Category:United Artists films