Sweet Smell of Success (Criterion Collection)

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison. A powerful newspaper columnist enlists the help of an all-too-eager-for-success press agent to do whatever it takes to sever his sister’s relationship with an up-and-coming jazz musician. Digitally restored from the original 35 mm camera negative, this classic film includes new audio commentary from film scholar James Naremore, a 1986 documentary, Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away featuring interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others, a new video interview with film critic and historian Neal Gabler about the legendary columnist Walter Winchell, an essay by screenwriter Gary Giddons and more. 1957/b&w/96 min/NR/widescreen.