| Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 555 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 555.
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| Credits |
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman ; photographed by James Wong Howe ; music by Elmer Bernstein |
| Cast |
Burt Lancaster, Martin Milner, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, the Chico Hamilton Quintet. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTCS, region 1; widescreen. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary by James Naremore; original theatrical trailer; documentary "Mackendrick : the man who walked away" (1986); documentary "James Wong Howe : cinematographer" (1986) |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Jazz musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Gossip columnists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Siblings -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 -- Film adaptations.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993, director.
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Hill, James, 1916-2001, producer.
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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963, screenwriter.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor.
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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010, actor.
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Milner, Martin, 1927- actor.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Sweet smell of success.
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Norma Productions (FIrm)
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Curtleigh Productions (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604653878 |
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1604653876 |
| Standard No. |
715515068017 |
| Music No. |
CC1980D The Criterion Collection |
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