Tony Curtis tries to gain entrance to Burt Lancaster's exclusive table at the 21 Club in the classic film "The Sweet Smell of Success".

The 1957 film stars Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay, based on Lehman's novella. James Wong Howe was the cinematographer.

(Audio excerpted from the "They Shoot Films" Podcast Episode 11: https://www.theyshootfilms.com/the-sweet-smell-of-success/