Hansek is the most influential columnist in New York, his articles can make people famous overnight, but also can bring people down. Law Ke is an insignificant propaganda broker who dreams of entering the upper classes.
These two people are unscrupulous in their pursuit of money and status, which is beyond conscience and inhumanity.
Ordinary noir films will design some romantic love scenes. Whether the beauties are femme fatales or not, it will be too dull without them.
However, "The Taste of Success" does not feature a significant female character. The two male protagonists are also not romantically involved with anyone.
Hansek is only possessive towards his sister, while Falco ignores all the women who are courting him, when he hooks up with a woman, don't doubt, he just wants to take advantage of her.
In those days, you had to be careful when dealing with incest, or you would be kicked out of the review board. So the incest in the film is handled very vaguely. The one that really made it known to the world was 1974's "Chinatown," directed by Roman Polanski.
In order to prevent his sister from falling in love with a young musician named Dallas, Hansek asks his lackey Falco to bribe his old enemy and smear Dallas in the newspapers. Bought the police and slandered him for drug trafficking.
Tony Curtis, who plays Falco, has previously played the role of Little White Face. For example, in "Passionate Like Fire", a man dressed as a woman and finally held Monroe back.
And in "The Taste of Success", he gave the best performance in personal film history. I have to say that Curtis's face is so flavorful, a combination of masculinity and classical beauty.
When he said in the film, "From today onwards, I want to be the best in everything" or "Think with your head, don't use your ass. I have no problem with women who think with their ass, it's a woman's nature", You can't believe he's still going to be funny in "Passionate".
Burt Lancaster, who played Hanksey in another impressive role as the Nazi lawyer in "The Nuremberg Trials," has always been good at playing such scheming roles.
It's less entertaining than most noirs, but it's unforgettable. For example, New York streets full of rubbish, smoky bars, greedy faces, and Tony Curtis's too handsome face.
Finally, let me say that the actors in this film are so well chosen. If they were replaced by other people, it is estimated that people would not be able to easily forgive the evil that Fake did.
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