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Sweet Smell of Success

1957 • Not Rated • 1h 36m • Drama, Film-Noir • United Artists

Beware these “Gentlemen” of the press!

🍅 98% 91% LB 4.24 IMDb 8.0

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Directed byAlexander Mackendrick ScreenplayClifford Odets, Ernest Lehman Produced byJames Hill CinematographyJames Wong Howe Music byElmer Bernstein StarringBurt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols StudioUnited Artists
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