痴心女子负心郎

剧情简介

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?vel%:;i:st Joseph@ Shearing s?#pecialized in usin>g^@`- rea\\#l cases !,whic.%<^h t"!:oo k place in V'%icto@>ri+an England@ , altering th*-em for fic?tion@*al purp@ oses. MOSS ROSE i]n 1947 was the first ;;,fil\: _;m to be made fro^m +?<his n?o<="vels, then in 1948 two of his work>_#s, were,* a
dapted for %)the s.cre`_\en, this film%
 and THE MARK[-[ OF\^ CAIN. T<:he movie stars #+Tod)`d(#_@ as a recent#/l/y widowe
/%d m]);ission+! @ary ret/ urning t"'o her home in Eng(.'lan?&d from Ja
]\maica. During]</@ the voyage, she meet&#s Milland, a charming- tho!ugh dang<>;er*;ous \_!rascal who */#is wan"(@ted b&"$y (police:; </in c
 onnect<ion w%it_[[[
h some uns#avory de;^al/-ing/@s. Millan<+d con'$ tracts mala ria whi!$le @onboar$.d t$-he @\^ship*
= a`&nd To <dd nurse;%<s him ba)-(ck +to h:\ealth. In London, T#+)o$(dd=_ se?+ttl%>es into he"-r ho:]'me^];, ta'&`kin)]g in boarders to make ends meet. Milland arrives"_, moves in, and +proc\_laim:,s h_'i,!s l(ove for her ). Todd  is t+#h@&ril[#le&&<d,):. bu/t it see)ms-
< rather o\,b$"?vious#.>` ,^!(t: hat - +Milland is only [
toying with ,+her. Mil@lan=#[d ( finds some le"tters *#!written to her /(/by (-)her <_friend, Fitzgerald, in whic *h Fitzgerald reveals some of her sexual<  ind<\(iscretions. $+S/in,$c e Fitzgera<ld @i]s n-ow marrie-*+")d to the wealthy Hun[\,@t<`"l [=<ey, Milland believ ]es *he can u se the letters t/'`o bla+&-ck:\mail^(= Fit[@:)?zgerald.?= Todd's love for Milland 
i"\s so g@reat,(/# that she goes along wit#;h th@/e plan. Hun!;_tle`y, however, learns  o[f / =th=?>e scheme *and /also un]c[ overs detai:\! ls ,>%of Milland's shady past. Fearing for he<\r lover's>\> safety,>% Todd poisons Hunt*< \l.=ey, then remai#ns silent when Fit
$zgerald is ar >r>&ested for the)^ murde/<r. Milland has b'^_y n&#ow(, % genu
inel_-` \y;;_ :f^+allen in love w*ith Todd and-\ the /two make plans to leave England. Before they ca@n depart, "\&=one /)of /) M]_*i =lla,:nd's form er lovers show's u!$ #-p@= [ )and# [ T =odd, i:(n a j"# ealous rage, kil%:
@-ls M
illand, ?'then t:="u/(rn-s herself .*into/ the"& police.　　This- is an int-.rigui
ng fil ['*m, although $/a %little on% the talky side. The*'`' perfor> mances are excell<ent thr.*oug-hout, wit ^h+[! Milla( nd :shining as /<the cad, th\=e typ"(e of r,o(:le in whic#h he exc@;.elled. Though he spent m ost of his time 
making film):<s in the US, he occasio>@&nally returned to *his n?[at>;ive England]! f/or
#$ a[ produ"cti @,on and. this was his first British fil^m si)nce F@
@RENCH WITHO-_ /UT TEARS i+(\n 19
/39. Dir&ector A+ #llen was $als>o# a;n&, Engli^
shman who \_chose to work in the &US, thi?s bei
ng h`"is first  directo_
rial eff"@ort in *h(is ?
homeland.\ ;Th/"_"?is was__' ^/:the ?[ fourth an d last #"! time M. !"i\l;)=l .% and and=<< > >!Al^<[_^len would wo^!@rk toget!h'@/(er, t[" heir )(pairin/g ha/ving b.`=egun in -1:944 w?ith the w#:onde'`rf]u(,lly eerie THE_ UNINVITED.