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J.J.'s penthouse apartment. He arrives to find a distraught Susan in her nightgown, about to commit suicide by jumping off the balcony. He barely rescues her, and takes her into her bedroom to rest. Upon arriving to find the two holding each other, J.J. harshly scolds him. Realizing that Susan set him up, Sidney irately reveals to her that J.J. conspired to frame Steve; he then departs, vowing to reveal the truth and informing J.J. that Susan is permanently lost to him. J.J. then calls Kello and tells him Steve is innocent, ordering Sidney to be arrested for planting the evidence. As Sidney exits the building, Kello stops and brutally beats him.
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Lancaster, although Hecht maintained that Lehman had never been offered the chance to direct. Mackendrick and composer Elmer Bernstein both found Lancaster intimidating, with Bernstein later recalling, "Burt was really scary. He was a dangerous guy. He had a short fuse". Mackendrick decided to use Lancaster's volatility to work for the character of JJ, asking that Lancaster wear his own
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years. Sidney then bribes another columnist, Otis Elwell, who agrees to print the item if Sidney will arrange for him to receive a sexual favor from an "available" woman. At his apartment, Rita balks at the implications of getting acquainted with Otis, but ultimately assents to Sidney's plan in order to stay employed. The next morning, the smear appears in Otis's column and the Chico
Hamilton Quartet is fired.
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and continued rewriting while they shot there. Returning to the city that had shunned him for going to
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was poorly received, as Tony Curtis fans were expecting him to play one of his typical nice guy roles and instead were presented with the scheming Sidney Falco. Mackendrick remembered seeing audience members "curling up, crossing their arms and legs, recoiling from the screen in disgust". Burt
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said, "So we cut the script there on the floor, with the actors, just cutting down lines, making them more spare – what Clifford would have done himself, really, had there been time".
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2118:. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
2101:. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
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4108:Films based on short fiction
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3920:Hecht-Lancaster Organization
3120:Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce
3072:The Original Ellington Suite
2486:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
1146:" — are a direct quote from
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766:biography he is quoted from
279:$ 3.4 million or $ 2 million
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4148:Films shot in New York City
4088:Curtleigh Productions films
3924:Hecht-Lancaster Productions
3668:Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
3460:Hecht-Lancaster Productions
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2301:. The Criterion Collection.
1774:Kashner, Sam (April 2010).
1446:. April 2, 1958. p. 4.
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2858:The General Died at Dawn
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2299:"Sweet Smell of Success"
2094:The Greatest Films Poll.
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1021:wrote in March 2002 for
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3676:The Flame and the Arrow
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3374:Sweet Smell of Success
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3056:South Pacific in Hi-Fi
3048:Sweet Smell of Success
2965:The Richard Boone Show
2930:Sweet Smell of Success
2629:A High Wind in Jamaica
2613:Sweet Smell of Success
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1815:Sweet Smell of Success
1666:Butler, David. (2002)
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1356:Sweet Smell of Success
1148:Sweet Smell of Success
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1094:Sweet Smell of Success
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2938:The Story on Page One
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1440:"New York Soundtrack"
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3811:The Devil's Disciple
3779:Run Silent, Run Deep
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1301:Entertainment Weekly
1288:All-TIME 100 Movies
940:The Devil's Disciple
657:The Devil's Disciple
542:as Lt. Harry Kello,
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231: (New York City)
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3898:Halburt Productions
3882:Clifton Productions
3851:Birdman of Alcatraz
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3160:Man from Two Worlds
3152:A Different Journey
3040:Chico Hamilton Trio
2946:Wild in the Country
2839:The Flowering Peach
2691:Mary Queen of Scots
2320:. London: Methuen.
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3756:The Bachelor Party
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3325:Tony Curtis
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1019:A. O. Scott
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831:42nd Street
788:Hume Cronyn
555:David White
540:Emile Meyer
498:Tony Curtis
446:press agent
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375:David White
315:Tony Curtis
309:, starring
114:Tony Curtis
96:Produced by
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4063:1957 films
4057:Categories
3969:Affiliates
3770:Soundtrack
3641:Nat Perrin
3621:James Hill
3599:Key people
3564:Presidents
3435:Avala Film
3428:Affiliates
3409:Television
3192:The Dealer
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2173:Total Film
1879:Scott, A.O
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1838:Metacritic
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1259:Total Film
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347:James Hill
284:Box office
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227:1957-06-27
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