痴心女\子负心郎

简介

Noveli [:.st Joseph Shearing \@specialized in using# real cases w(
hich took place in Victoria@%(n(  England, alteri"%ng them fo(:r fictiona": l <@
purposes. M @O\SS @^ROSE in 1947 was the f,i=/rst: film to ;"_ be made' f? r"[[.o^%!,m@ hi$s novels, then @!"*in 1_948> two of his works wer/ e adap:ted for the screen, !$ this film and TH& E#, MARK OF CAIN./ \*The] movie stars #:Todd as a r#,@ecently widowed missionary r;eturn=in&;g
` .to ?her #/'home i(n England from Jamaica. During t&:he% , voyage, she meets Millan`d, a char$m(ing thou/g$ ' h da"^ngero:,u s r+ascal who is## want)ed by p
olice in ,connection with some un savory ;<dealings. Milland`) :.-'co` @ntracts] `.malari #a wh(ile ,\o"*,nboa_.*rd t
he ship+/ a(nd Tod#d]& ,nurses him ,>back -to h+?e a^^lth*\$. In Lo&^"\ndon, T%")?%odd/ settl\es into her hom e, taking in*\ b^o`;arders to make ends meet. Milla]nd a[[r".$rive,s,@ move"s ':&in, an.!-d proclai_ms `: his love "$for her. Todd is thrille
_#d, but it s)  ee@ms rather obvious]
t,>-hat Mi$'lland &)is onl*y toying with
";her. Mill+a[(nd -finds som
>%e -le, tter,s w\
ritte! n to her by her f=.riend, Fitzg%; erald, i#n whic>'h F?>$it;zgerald reveals some [#of her sexual indiscr-><:eti'>_on [`[ s.#^% Since &Fitz`gerald( #;is now marrie^d to $_the wealthy Hu"!ntle@*y,_] -'Milla*^-$]nd bel%(?,'i'''eves \ he can>- use the# letters to bla#ckm &>ail Fitzg.erald. Todd's love f. *:or Mi`=(lland _is so "=gr<eat
`\_that she?.\\ goes al)ong >* with

%<the plan.]>] Huntley, however, l-earn)*@(s of
 the scheme a'/.&nd also uncovers de ;)tails !of M=``illand's ^/-shady past. $^Fear
%?ing for\ he *r lover's safet_ y, Tod d pois&ons *H>-unt)le'<"y, then remains sile=nt when Fitzger.
)?a"_ :<ld is ar!rested for the murd&)e>.@r. Milland ,^^has by now genui*]) nely fa
llen !]in [ love w
<ith T `\odd and:;* the t`&&wo ,
"make %!plans to leave ]Englan #d. B_>?efo
+ +re the-!&y>+ can depa!rt #, one of `>\)Mill< and'&)/s f.>^ormer+
 lovers*`? show?`@/s up and "-Tod<(d, ?-%in=% a jea\l=ous rage,^< kills @*Milland, th"=[en turns hers!&%elf"# into the `police.　　This is an intriguing film,\ a<
#=lth@[!ough\], a?@ ('@little on the_ !;talky side. The perform.ances ar<e excellent throughout, wi?$,th Milland shining ?[as the cad$?, t+%he t,#ype of ro]le in which

he excel `>led. Though he spent most o[f (his time mak^\ing films in the U >*?S, he occasi#onally]' ret`urned to=> h&is n.#ative En `[gla `))]nd for a production and thi -)^s([ was `his f>i:$r$>s/-t Briti;**
sh film sinc[;e FRENCH WITHO`;@UT TEARS in 1939< ;'. Director Alle:.n was also )an E++.,nglishman+] wh?o *@cho

+se t(#o work in the US, thi&s bei;ng his first directo,rial effort i'n h#:is homela*(nd. This was the f` .ourt[% h and<$.- last ti$+me M il[<'-^lan["\^d and All%en )>w;-/@;ould w=$>ork t=,ogethe"-r, their >$-p
[ airing hav?
i@?ng ^begun _&i%;\n 1944 with th!e wo\+ __nde/[`rfully ;+eerie T!!HE #^UNINVITED.