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Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963 (Screenwriter), Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 (Screenwriter), Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994 (Actor), Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 (Actor), Milner, Martin, 1931-2015 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [2014?]
Subjects:
Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
Jazz musicians > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Gossip columnists > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Siblings > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Siblings
Gossip columnists
Jazz musicians
New York (State) > New York
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film noir
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film noir.
Films de fiction.
Films noirs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:Burt Lancaster stars as barbaric Broadway gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent he ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.
Item Description:Based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (96 min.)) : sound, black and white
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Photographed by James Wong Howe ; music by Elmer Bernstein.