Film Studies: Sweet Smell of Success
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour, VancouverWritten to within an inch of its life by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman this is a poison pen letter about the insidious power of a New York gossip columnist, JJ Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). Tony Curtis is the toadying press agent doing backflips to keep JJ happy.