Double Feature
Sweet Smell of Success
Burt Lancaster is J.J. Hunsecker, a world-famed and world-feared newspaper columnist whose ink can make a star or break a politician. Tony Curtis plays frustrated press agent Sidney Falco, tasked with breaking the romance between Hunsecker’s beloved younger sister and an up-and-coming jazz musician. A cynically acidic war of words is waged behind the scenes of New York’s glamorous nightlife, exposing its dark underbelly. Featuring razor-edged dialogue and a pitch-black script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, plus stunning cinematography by the legendary James Wong Howe, Sweet Smell of Success of Success is absolutely unforgettable.
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Writer
- Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman based on the novelette by Ernest Lehman
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell
- Year
- 1957
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 96 minutes
Ace in the Hole
Rough, tough Chuck Tatum, who battered his way to the top … trampling everything in his path – men, women and morals! Washed up in the big city and now down-and-out in Albuquerque, a ruthlessly ambitious journalist finds the scoop of a lifetime – a man desperately trapped in a cave – and manipulates the rescue and ensuing media sensation for his own gain, only to find it escalating beyond his control. An electrifying Kirk Douglas shines in Billy Wilder’s scathing follow-up to Sunset Boulevard.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Writer
- Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman
- Starring
- Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict
- Year
- 1951
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 111 minutes