痴心女子 负心郎

剧情简介

Nove_(](l *ist J@ose;
ph S`\hea/!!!rin?g specialized in using real ca?^s,es which t\ ook p=,lace in Victorian En (%gland,% alt@%ering them. fo$-)r fi.*ctiona]l purposes. MOSS ROSE in 1*)_947 ^was th(e first film to^ `%be made f rom his:#( novels, ]then in 194;_ %8 two of?/ his wo*rks were ,ad]^ apte-d for_: the screen, this film, and -THE MARK OF CA;IN. The movie st,/ars Todd as a re,\cen`tly widowed m!iss io^nary returning t!(
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_:er ++home in England from Ja[ maic,a. During the -:/voyage,_@ - she )#meets :?Mill_and, a+ charming though da()ngerous ra):sc- a []l( who is w!\.a#*\*nted by polic(e in *co?nnectio
_$`n wit`]h some unsa:vo =ry dealings$. . Milla,]nd contracts mala/ria while onb^oa-$-rd)= : `the s hip and T.od=]d nurse\+s him[ back to health. In London, To\+ dd s?ett/
\le(s [`into her home, takin$$(g in b$oarders-
/ t/)/o make(: en/!ds meet._: Mill\]and arr[ )ives, mov:\es i@@+n, and procla
-][ims his love for her. +To,%dd is thrilled, but it se$ ems ra$)th,)er/_ obvi*.ous t:= hat Milland is\ only toying with he _r. Mill/a@ `nd fin?,ds some._ let=ters w.ritt%e=%n to her b*?=y ([her fri -,e\:nd, Fitzgerald,()? in which Fit?-z _g( ]erald r(eveals some /*of, her se%xual indiscretions. Sin`*ce Fitzge#_rald: .is now marri-ed%\ to the _wealthy Hu`! nt.le!y, M ^:illan% d believes !he can, use the ^?letters to blac\%kmai_-$l Fitzgera_,#ld. )Todd's l=ove for Mil=]^@land is so g=
reat that she goes al ong ,with the p=lan. Hun#=tley, h.*owever, lea:-!;rns of the sche?me\?) and also unc;$overs details o:[%f Mil*%land^%-'s s.-hady
,%past. Fearing for her lover's saf/%ety, Todd p .oisons Huntle 
y,? then remai#n%s;.^ ?#silent ]=wh,\.en 
Fit [zge $rald ^:-is arrested f? [or the murd$-:_er. M#=illand has= .by now!^ ge?nuinely @]($fallen^ in% lo(ve with

Todd and the two make plans t#% o? \leav+e,+? England. Be#fore
 they can dep^)art, one of Mill-%and's former)%+ l]ove $rs,^$ shows(.$ u,^p a_[.nd
! Tod`;$-d, in a jea),lo@)#us rage,
 k*?\`i*lls M(!illan[^d, the- n tur*-ns h!erself into the `./pol**i
c?;e.　　Th/i%s is $an(
 intr_igui+#*-n$g film, alt-hou.gh /%a lit*).t
#le[^., on the talk*)y si@\de`. The performances ar]$)e excellent througho!*$u_t, with Milland sh(+ining as the^ -ca$d,  -the type_ o
!]f .)) role )!in\+ which he _exc__*elle%*!d. T`( hough he spent most of h ^is time,,@ mak ing films; in the U* S, he occasion@a%l=/l y returned to his n)\ative )_England for % a%] p!*roduction a#
nd th*is?^ w#as his ;_first British fi!`lm sinc$^e FRENC @ H WIT`HOUT T@EA.RS `
+in 19.39.  Dir%[ector
` All*?,en was als[o an Englishman who :[chose to work in the$:[= US,_( ]this being hi`:_s fi?_rst]* directorial effort =,in his h/;,o?*meland. This w,(as. the fourth and last time Mi$lland and All`en woul$.d work tog=[ether, their *p/[-ai:/ring having beg^u^ n i+#n 1944 wit `.h the$.=* wo!+.nderfully eer,
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