痴心女子 负心郎!,_[电影解说]
剧情简介
Nove$ list Joseph Shear@= ing \`s?) pecialized in us^ing r:eal ;$`case]! ?s which(_* took place in Vic-!torian England, altering t?@)hem -] ]for fictio()* na!+l p\urp oses. MOS]-%_S`+ ROSE in 1947 was % the #fi% rst film t o ] be ma@de fr%!om his novels, t?hen in 1948 !` two of ]@hi=?s works were $ #adap_ ^te(*d, for t # @he screen, thi, s film and THE +[MARK OF_ .,CA? IN. The movie stars Todd as a rece`? ntly widowed missio`\#nary.=% returnin_g /to he\^ r ho? m] .e in E=ngland%+ from Jamaica. Dur)in \g the voyage, she.@ me$=_ets M=+ illand, a charming though dangerou -s rascal who is wante`]d :#by polic ).e i(_!n c :)onne.[ ction :wi\.th some unsavor^])+y \ d ealings.] -/$ Mil #\*land con tract#%s mal .[aria,) whi: le onboard %:the ship and Todd nurse; s him]($@@ back to health. In Lond.]+on, Todd [/ se; ttles #into her home, !`:`taki ng i%[n boarders to ) make ends me@@?et. Mil! land ar,[* ri$/ves, moves in,%+;% a nd p]rocla+ims hi+_]s love for her. Todd : is thri+@._lled;#, ( b,ut it se%$[ems rat% +her obvious that Milla?n` @d # is( only toying with her @. Mi% lla nd finds some^ letters written to her by [ h er frien,d, -/^Fitzgerald, in w[`:hic h Fitzge] *?rald reveals so$/m:;e ,of !.?/her sexu):al i:? ndiscre(tions. Since Fitzgeral[^d is now marri; ed? to the wea,[lt hy H^untley, Mi ^.?lland believes he ) -`can use the lett!)ers to bl_:`/ackmail[ Fi\%tzge`:?rald. Todd? 9s love fo\r Milland is so ) great that #[+]she go)[e-!s alon:/g wi:!th the p[ lan.`$ Hunt=ley,, ?/however, lea rns of the scheme and+, also :=unc[)overs%. details of Mil@ l %-%and's shad + y pas+t)[. Fea*ring ]+% for her lover& _ ]/#3 -+9 ;`s= safe,#=ty, = Todd \.poisons Huntley, then [_remains s/ ilent w _=h=en . F:-itzgerald is arre st+ed #, fo@r_: the murder. Mi(* ^l+;^lan )d has by _ ]no w g%@`enu*` !in;ely fallen%=( in love -; with ,^ Todd and th /, e two(* make plans to leav[` e Engla!n@d-. Befo)^re *!they can d epart, one of Milla-^n$!d 9]s former lov+ er,s ($ shows up an+:*]d To+^dd-, in +`a jealous rage, k%i lls Mill and/, *%then t/ +u` rns $%h? ersel( f into the police. =)This is an intri `#guing film, although a lit ^tle on? th`[e talky side. The pe#:r+`form ance) s$( are_` excellent_ _` -)thr%oug; ^:hout, wi@-$th Mil la$?nd shinin;g as th(`e cad, the ).:type of role : i:.*n\!! which he ex celled@. Thoug h he spent most @`o+ !f_ his time^ maki n#\/g films\; i+n the US, he occasionally re*.t\urned to his?@ nativ\)e En;.]gland /@ for =^a@! produc )_tion and this was h @i:`\s f `irs:]t Brit. ish:= film s i _nce FRENCH WI+THOU T!)@ TE \ARS in 1939. Director Al len :was als $o an Englishman wh`o chose to wor ]k in the`$ US,! t his )being his fir`!^s?t directorial%,=% effort )\ in his hom*,*el a[=nd. -This was ; the fourth and l?as(// t ti/,=m/!)_/e $Milland / and All%#en would work together, /(their =`pairing havin #,g begun in 1944! wi++th t* he wonderfully %_^eerie ?;:THE, UNINVITED.