SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
Special Features: Intro by film historian Foster Hirsch on Oct. 17
“I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.” This is one of the nastiest, most acid-tongued indictments of the power of the press ever produced. Burt Lancaster gives a legendary performance as J. J. Hunsecker, the most feared columnist in New York, who delights in making desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) do his dirty deeds in one of the most enjoyably unpleasant films ever made. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Alexander Mackendrick; SCR Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, from Lehman’s novelette “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!”; PROD James Hill. U.S., 1957, b&w, 96 min. NOT RATED
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Genre: Film noir
Introduction