Sweet smell of success (1957) - classic film noir drama directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Susan Harrison

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036

Cast

Burt Lancaster ... J.J. Hunsecker
Tony Curtis ... Sidney Falco
Susan Harrison ... Susan Hunsecker
Martin Milner ... Steve Dallas (as Marty Milner)
Sam Levene ... Frank D' Angelo
Barbara Nichols ... Rita
Jeff Donnell ... Sally
Joe Frisco ... Herbie Temple
Emile Meyer ... Lt. Harry Kello
Edith Atwater ... Mary
The Chico Hamilton Quintet ... Themselves

Description: J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco, a sleazy and unscrupulous press agent, to break up the affair by any means possible...

Screens:

Download link (torrent file):

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Also a set of extras included:

* Mackendrick: The man who walked away - documentary featuring interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill and others (1986, 44:40 min)
* James Wong Howe: Cinematographer - documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials (1973, 21:50 min)
* James Mangold on Alexander Mackendrick - documentary featuring director James Mangold who studied under Alexander Mackendrick in the early eighties, as an undergrad at Cal Arts (2011, 24:52 min)
* Neal Gabler on Winchell - documentary featuring an American journalist, writer and film critic Neal Gabler talking about a syndicated American fast-talking gossip columnist and radio broadcaster Walter Winchell, on which J.J. Hunsecker's character was loosely based (2011, 28:57 min)
* Theatrical trailer - (3:06 min)


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.01 GB, 3045 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 960*576 (1.66:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 114
Audio : 133/133 MB (main/commentary), 192/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x2000 = AC3/AC3, CBR/CBR


Subtitles (English hearing impaired closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, German, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Hebrew) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film scholar James Naremore. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)