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Sweet Smell of Success

1957·1h 36m·Approved
DramaFilm-Noir
IMDb Rating
★ 8.0/10
40,165 votes
Metascore
100
Metacritic

A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 drama film-noir movie directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Burt Lancaster. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 40,165 votes and runs 1h 36m.

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Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Stars
Tony Curtis
Susan Harrison
Burt Lancaster
Martin Milner
Details
1957-07-04
96 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English, Italian, Spanish
Keywords
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