痴心女子负心 ?)郎1948
简介
Noveli st$ Joseph She=/aring s*+:pecialized in usi( n +g r.) (ea^(l case )s wh,ich took place in V ictorian En gl!*:and, altering t..hem for ficti)onal purpo:#ses. @MOSS ROSE i.n 1947 w+]a /s t h??e first film to be mad`+*;e fro *_m his n=ove\@ls, t. hen in 194 `8 two of hi`$s wor$ks were adapted for the\ sc, ^-r.een, this film and THE MAR K OF CAI # N. The movie stars Tod]d as a re$,cen+^tly widowed missionary r/.eturning to h,/%er h;ome% in England from Jamaica. Du) ring the voy age, she mee*ts Mill+^and%@, a charming. though dan!(@gerou %/s ras-cal who is w\)ante+)d @ by police i # n _co)nn \ection with s?]@o.+me unsavory dealings. Mil %land contracts m @alaria while: onboard @ t he ship@ and T `-odd ]=*n-#urses him back to healt^h.; In] London, Todd settles (i%*nto/? her ) home, taking $in bo/^arders to =ma^^ k e ends meet`-. M /-\illand @\arr].i.!ves,]( moves `)`-in, an#`d procla, !i(`m.#?s $his love for her. T`odd is thri *lled, b)ut ^it seems r athe r obvious :\ tha-t Milland is )on\ly toyi+ng wit]$^h ;]$her. Milland@ $ f in %]ds some l@-#et?$-t)# er[^.*/s written to her/ by her )fr@@ [ien[ ?d, Fitzge_rald, i +^ (n whic*h Fitzgeral$:/d r eve,als some of he+r sexual indiscretion s.^ Si n ce Fitz\.ge $rald/;` is now *married to the we/ althy^% -\Hun*+tley, Milland b \@eliev)*/_es he ca_;n use t *)he l@( ett ers to blackm`-a_ il ;Fitzgerald.= Todd's l(ove for ! M [illand ]$#is so gr )eat \,=that.( she goes ] a([#long with the *=plan.` `Huntley, how !e`ve%- r, =lear ns of t;@he sch _ eme? ^?`and also ,$uncove*#]rs details of Mill\and',-s shady past. Fearing for her lo + ver's safet,y !, T (o; =dd poisons Hu*.ntley, ;;the+\n rem^$ains ;)silent wh`en Fitzger (^ald is arrested ;^for the murder. Mil#land-] has` by n.ow ge=nuinely, )fallen in lov..e ] with Todd and the t(wo ma k):e pl #ans to ,leave E //ngland+. Before th %ey c,@an d +epart, one of Milland's f =ormer lover,%!!s sho-*ws up and Todd, i\ +/n a je-alous :[].rag-#.e, kills Mi lland, th^ e!^ _n turns h%erself into t he p\olice. This #.$i`s an intrig$uin=\g film, although a] little on the tal? ky side. #Th)e per^forma- *nces ar^e e@xcellent#- / thro$ ?u $ghout,? w+*(ith (,Milland s=)`h;+#] i $n[!ing as the #cad, th?e type of ro le;.[ in (`:which he exc`%[elled -.. )%Though he spent m(ost of hi.]s time m!) aki.n. #g f ilms in th:(e US, \ he o@ccasio]),_nally returned to his n:*ative Engla@*#.nd ;;)for - a) .)production:, and this wa%s his `^first Briti? sh f+@_ilm!$` \ /since )FR) _$ENC,H WITHOUT) TE; =_ARS in -- 1.9`39. Dire c@ !tor= Al^len [ was $also an Englis[h @.man*$ $-who \chose to: work] ([ in ( *the U:=S$)`, this b) ,ei ng;^] his fi# rst director %ial effort in h? i)s homeland_@. This was th , e four ,th and last time M; _illand and Allen,^)? would @_work tog:=ether, thei`..r pa+[)iring h`!av!@ ing begun. i@_,n 1944 ; with the[ wond)erfully eeri!*e T!HE UNINVITED.