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Sweet Smell of Success

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Dark drama about a popular but vicious New York newspaper columnist who enlists the help of an unscrupulous press agent to break up his sister's romance with a jazz musician. The press agent, who will do anything to get newspaper coverage for his clients, enters into a sleazy alliance with the columnist, unaware that he is in danger of being double-crossed himself. With a jazz score by Elmer Bernstein. Show less

Contributors

J J Hunsecker:
Burt Lancaster
Sidney Falco:
Tony Curtis
Susan Hunsecker:
Susan Harrison
Frank D'Angelo:
Sam Levene

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