痴心女,子负心郎1948

　　Novel^+ist Joseph Shearing ]
speci$/alized \ in usi:-ng rea,;l case$$s whic )?!h to)ok plac`e in *Victor/ia n` Eng$land, alter:ing @.them for fict)#$/i#o,nal/ purp#o]s+@e@s. MOSS ROSE in 1(=.9-
;47 was-.  t!he first film to \!$be m/$ade;/ from his] novels, th):en in \-1948 two of !his w;_-orks were/) ada,pted for t^he screen, th ?=is fi+:
lm and THE MARK^ OF;= CAIN. The movie s``*tars Todd as a recentl#y wid*-owed missionary return``ing /@@to her ho/(me in %En *gla#( nd @,from` Jamaic/a. During th
$*e voyage, she meet;@+s M@illand, a charming th .ou %= :gh dangerous ra[,=scal who+[ is __ wanted by polic[
e in @-connection with som e )unsavo$?r%[y. dea= ling%s. M\i@`lland  contracts@-% malaria ]
!while onboard the shi.+p a@/n,d Todd?+ * *)@nur#\ses( him bac]%%@k to h $ealt^/h.[ In Lon)*.don, Todd settl):?es into/) h^/
+er home, taking in boarders to m^;_?ake ends m$eet. ; Milland arrives, moves i_*n, and proclai!ms )^(hi`?$s love  fo
^\r her. Todd i[-:s thr](i$ll.^ ed, ?but i@,t se ems+# _]%#rather) o #bvious that Milland^ is only to)ying # with he__$r. M@=ill=?(and f(i%[nds some letter$(s/, w#.ri@+tten to he ,r by her fr_/)iend, F[\itzgeral]``@d, in which Fitzg:^#eral=d reve$als some of her$]$ sexu%al indiscr/`
etions. Since Fitzge@[email protected] is now married to the wealth$
y Huntle?[?+:y, Mil land believes he\ = \ can use!! the letters t)=o b*`lackmail ^Fitzge(rald. Todd's love for`* =-Mil ^_/land is so grea@#t !that she g):@o`^
e! s alon+g =) wit?,h the plan(-.% Huntley, however, le=arn@s\*$ of( the scheme and also unc;overs) !\de_t!]
\ails of Mi;lland&#39s shady#^= past. F=
earing
$ f
`=or her lo(.ver's safety, Tod;=:d poi`@sons H:un tley, th+en re:main/%:s silent whe/n Fitzgera#,ld is arrested for th-
*e murder. 
^M@;il \,land has by now genuinely.]- f_($al_[len in;?: love _ with T
odd %$_a+%;_n=d the tw.o ma!ke@
#@ plans to
[$ leave England. Befo.r, e th\\ey can de==part, one !o\f Mill
.and's for_];mer lovers shows up and @/-T
odd, in/ `a :$jealou[s rage, kills+ Milla: =nd, then %?tur@#n@$s he;` rself ?into t^ `he p$olice.　　This is an i!(- ntr?.^i$.gui!%%ng film, although ,-a li;$tt\le on the ]talky si@%[de.= . The perfor \^_mances are excell$.@ent`% throughou:[t,*)): with Mill`[)`and shining as -,.the cad, th;e=
 ,ty+pe =of role in which he exce_lle=d. T)(#,h=\oug h he spent most of his tim(!e m+#_ak$($i
-n$g fil*;ms in the U?!@,S, he occa +sionally retur]*
)ned to ; his native Engl ?and for a production and*%\? this `was his%_ first +. British film si,nce FRENCH WITHOUT TEA?= RS in 193)$9. =D=+irector Allen was a
$lso;` an%% English`+man w*./ho ch!]\os#=)e  to work@  i)n the U+^S ,  this being his\ fir:st direc
)tori(,.al+= e/$#ffort i.]]n ) -*his` homeland(. ^
This was the @=^fourth (and last time =`$Milland an` `d Allen ;,.would work!@ together,??-# :.their pai#(
ring having$ be;=
g],un in 1944 \wit\.h the]
 wonde#rfully eer)i% e THE UNINVITE@ D.