The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
This story of powerful columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and ruthless press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is a joy for the setting alone — the scenes in and around Broadway in the 1950s.
Add to that a crackling, unpredictable plot involving Hunsecker’s little sister Susan (Susan Harrison) and a jazz guitarist and you have one of the most captivating showbiz stories ever made.
It makes today’s awful media landscape look almost civilized.
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