Sweet Smell of Success

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Year:1957
Director:Alexander Mackendrick
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Author), Clifford Odets (Screenplay), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
*5143

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Year:1966
Director:Mike Nichols
Written by:Edward Albee (Theatre Play), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay), Harold Michelson (Storyboard)

Script Synopsis:A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
5099

North By Northwest

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Year:1959
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Author), Ernest Lehman (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
*4317

Family Plot

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Year:1976
Director:Alfred Hitchcock
Written by:Ernest Lehman (Screenplay), Victor Canning (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
*4077