Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Banned Library Podcast by ST Harker

Mar 5, 202600:25:13Education

Sometimes you love your sister so much you use a publicity agent to ruin the career of her guitarist boyfriend because he doesn't love her like you do, and that's creepy and everyone involved is horrible.

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