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Sweet Smell of Success • 1957 • Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster
Posted on 11/5/26 at 11:36 am
Posted on 11/5/26 at 11:36 am
I've caught this on TCM before, but bailed on it. It's a film that you have to watch from the start, or the carefully curated dialogue will throw you.
I learned about it through Levinson's "Diner", which is a movie I quote extensively, including lines from the character who only spoke in quotes from Sweet Smell of Success. Evidently Vince Gilligan is a huge fan as well.
It was a financial disaster when it came out, but now it's considered a classic. The script is like Aaron Sorkin turning his cute meter up to 11. The characters are pretty fricking vile. I can see why Curtis and Lancaster fans of the time hated it.
I enjoyed it and will watch it again if only for the dialogue. The power wielded by the Walter Winchells of the world was pretty impressive.
I learned about it through Levinson's "Diner", which is a movie I quote extensively, including lines from the character who only spoke in quotes from Sweet Smell of Success. Evidently Vince Gilligan is a huge fan as well.
It was a financial disaster when it came out, but now it's considered a classic. The script is like Aaron Sorkin turning his cute meter up to 11. The characters are pretty fricking vile. I can see why Curtis and Lancaster fans of the time hated it.
I enjoyed it and will watch it again if only for the dialogue. The power wielded by the Walter Winchells of the world was pretty impressive.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:07 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Another Sweet Smell of Success thread!
Not being an a-hole, but two posts about a 1957 movie in less then 30 days makes me wonder if TCM is showing the same movies more often than in the past. I think they are. I've been troubled by this trend for the last few months. I guess with all of the different streaming services taking stuff, they don't have as much to show. Their relationship with HBO gave them a boatload of newer movies, but I watch TCM a lot, and it seems like they are showing the same old movies over and over. Maybe it's just me thinking that, but I'm pretty sure it's happening. Has anyone else noticed them showing the same movies more often?
ETA: I've always enjoyed this movie. Playing the daughter's boyfriend is a very serious role for Martin Milner, who I remember for being Pete Malloy on "Adam 12". He was in lots of cop shows, Westerns and War movies before Adam 12, but I don't remember him in too many serious roles. I thought he was really good in it. I saw on his IMDb page, he was in Valley of the Dolls, a movie about hot chicks becoming celebrities and ruining their lives with drugs and surrounding themselves with terrible people. I don't remember him being in it. I want to watch it again, and try to make myself notice someone other than the hot chicks.
Not being an a-hole, but two posts about a 1957 movie in less then 30 days makes me wonder if TCM is showing the same movies more often than in the past. I think they are. I've been troubled by this trend for the last few months. I guess with all of the different streaming services taking stuff, they don't have as much to show. Their relationship with HBO gave them a boatload of newer movies, but I watch TCM a lot, and it seems like they are showing the same old movies over and over. Maybe it's just me thinking that, but I'm pretty sure it's happening. Has anyone else noticed them showing the same movies more often?
ETA: I've always enjoyed this movie. Playing the daughter's boyfriend is a very serious role for Martin Milner, who I remember for being Pete Malloy on "Adam 12". He was in lots of cop shows, Westerns and War movies before Adam 12, but I don't remember him in too many serious roles. I thought he was really good in it. I saw on his IMDb page, he was in Valley of the Dolls, a movie about hot chicks becoming celebrities and ruining their lives with drugs and surrounding themselves with terrible people. I don't remember him being in it. I want to watch it again, and try to make myself notice someone other than the hot chicks.
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 11/6/26 at 6:36 am to Fewer Kilometers
I watched this a few years ago and it's weirdly popped up in my Tiktok feed recently. Barnes and Noble is doing it's 50 percent off Criterion sale and I was thinking about picking it up.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 9:03 am to chinese58
quote:Well, I'm not in the habit of doing a TD thread search for 70 year old films and, I hate to break it to you but, it's Burt Lancaster month on TCM so they're showing this film again on Tuesday at 5pm CST.
Not being an a-hole, but two posts about a 1957 movie in less then 30 days makes me wonder if TCM is showing the same movies more often than in the past.
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