Sweet Smell of Success Blu-ray

Release Year: 1957

Runtime: 97 min

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell

Studios: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, United Artists, Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Special Features:

Exclusive new digital restoration

From the original 35 mm camera negative, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

New audio commentary

Featuring film scholar James Naremore.

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

A 1986 documentary featuring interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others.

James Wong Howe: Cinematographer

A 1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning cinematographer, featuring lighting tutorials.

New video interview with Neil Gabler

Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, about legendary columnist Walter Winchell, the inspiration for the character J. J. Hunsecker.

New video interview with filmwriter James Mangold

About Mackendrick, his instructor and mentor.

Original theatrical trailer

Original theatrical trailer.

PLUS:

A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins, notes about the film and two short stories introducing its characters by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, and an excerpt about Clifford Odets from Mackendrick’s book On Film-Making, introduced by the book’s editor, Paul Cronin.

Technical Specifications:

• 96 minutes
• Black & White
• Monaural
• 1.66:1 aspect ratio