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"Sweet Smell of Success" quotes

Sweet Smell of Success poster
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Writer: Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, Alexander Mackendrick
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, film-noir
Year: 1957
MetaScore: 100/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 04 Jul 1957
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 4 nominations total

62 Clips

I like Harry - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 I like Harry Push me through a window somewhere - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 Push me through a window somewhere The columnists can't do without us - Sweet Smell of Success 00:27 The columnists can't do without us Have you seen this - Sweet Smell of Success 00:24 Have you seen this Who could love a man who makes you jump into hoops like a trained poodle - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 Who could love a man who makes you jump into hoops like a... Here's your head - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 Here's your head Don't you get messages - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 Don't you get messages Start thinking with your head instead of your hips - Sweet Smell of Success 00:18 Start thinking with your head instead of your hips It looks like we have to call this game on account of darkness - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 It looks like we have to call this game on account of... Don't remove the gangplank - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 Don't remove the gangplank Stop tinkering pal - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 Stop tinkering pal Your mouth is as big as a basket and twice as empty - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 Your mouth is as big as a basket and twice as empty Now don't kid a kidder - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 Now don't kid a kidder You're walking around blind - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 You're walking around blind Where do you want to get - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 Where do you want to get You sound happy - Sweet Smell of Success 00:11 You sound happy How do you spell Picasso - Sweet Smell of Success 00:09 How do you spell Picasso When he dies - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 When he dies If it's true - Sweet Smell of Success 00:09 If it's true A press agent eats a columnist's dirt and is expected to call it manna - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 A press agent eats a columnist's dirt and is expected to... Here's mud in your column - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 Here's mud in your column You're an amusing boy - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 You're an amusing boy Two years ago - Sweet Smell of Success 00:10 Two years ago That's fish four days old - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 That's fish four days old My big toe would make a better President - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 My big toe would make a better President It's a dirty job - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 It's a dirty job He thinks J - Sweet Smell of Success 00:24 He thinks J But I don't - Sweet Smell of Success 00:28 But I don't If you're funny - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 If you're funny Do you believe in capital punishment - Sweet Smell of Success 00:09 Do you believe in capital punishment She sings a little - Sweet Smell of Success 00:42 She sings a little I can't think of a good reason why I should print anything you give me - Sweet Smell of Success 00:31 I can't think of a good reason why I should print anything... What you do now - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 What you do now He's got the scruples of a guinea pig and the morals of a gangster - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 He's got the scruples of a guinea pig and the morals of a... A bowl of fruit - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 A bowl of fruit If I'm gonna go out on a limb for you - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 If I'm gonna go out on a limb for you The next time you want information - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 The next time you want information What's this boy got that Susie likes - Sweet Smell of Success 00:24 What's this boy got that Susie likes Gentlemen I'm toasting my favorite new perfume - Sweet Smell of Success 00:09 Gentlemen I'm toasting my favorite new perfume By the way - Sweet Smell of Success 01:10 By the way Every dog will have his day - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 Every dog will have his day For instance - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 For instance This syrup you're giving out with - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 This syrup you're giving out with Watch me run a 50 yard dash with my legs cut off - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 Watch me run a 50 yard dash with my legs cut off I often wish I were deaf and wore a hearing aid - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 I often wish I were deaf and wore a hearing aid Manny Davis - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 Manny Davis You rode in here on the Senator's shirt tails - Sweet Smell of Success 00:56 You rode in here on the Senator's shirt tails I wanna chastise you - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 I wanna chastise you Don't do anything I wouldn't do - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 Don't do anything I wouldn't do I don't relish shooting a mosquito with an elephant gun - Sweet Smell of Success 00:08 I don't relish shooting a mosquito with an elephant gun You've got more twists than a barrel of pretzels - Sweet Smell of Success 00:05 You've got more twists than a barrel of pretzels I love this dirty town - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 I love this dirty town That's the - Sweet Smell of Success 00:46 That's the Maybe I left my sense of humor in my other suit - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 Maybe I left my sense of humor in my other suit Match me Sidney - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 Match me Sidney You're dead - Sweet Smell of Success 00:06 You're dead I'd hate to take a bite outta you - Sweet Smell of Success 00:07 I'd hate to take a bite outta you Cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 Cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river But I can't deny he sweats a little - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 But I can't deny he sweats a little What's your hurry - Sweet Smell of Success 00:04 What's your hurry I'd rather be dead than living with you - Sweet Smell of Success 00:28 I'd rather be dead than living with you You make a living - Sweet Smell of Success 00:35 You make a living

Cast

J.J. Hunsecker - Burt Lancaster
Sidney Falco - Tony Curtis
Susan Hunsecker - Susan Harrison
Steve Dallas - Martin Milner
Sally - Jeff Donnell
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