Burt Lancaster
-
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1957, US) – ‘I’d hate to take a bite outta you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic.’
The dialogue for Sweet Smell of Success by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets is some of the most acerbic one is likely to come across in a mainstream Hollywood film especially one from the tail end of the 1950s. Whilst Lancaster and Curtis head up the main cast, this gorgeous slice of newspaper noir exudes Continue reading
