痴心:女子负心郎[电影解说]

　　N[(\ovelist J=$?oseph Shearing\+ specializ?\/ed in usin ?g r;@eal case_$s which to
].:ok place`- ] i[`n V+*;ictori(a `n Engl`and, (% a$[lter-ing them  for fi)$)c/tiona #l purp, `,oses. MOS+]S ROSE in 1947 w-as t+!h@]e fi__rst film t :o be made f
r#?om h*?is no. ve%$ls, then in 1))948 two of his _ wo,,+rks w\ ]er? e=,_ adapt,/
e=*
@d for the screen., t\\
his film and THE MARK OF CAIN. The movie s
tars Todd as;. a%^ r\ _ece;%n)t \!ly=^^$ widowed mission@[^:ary(% retur.[ning :
to he!$`r home i_ n E ngland from Jamaic;..a. During th-.e voyage, sh`:e *meets Milland, a char#.*mi+ng though dangerous ras[cal wh]`#o is wanted .b\/y police [(in )connection with some u:
nsavory dea ?ling^]s. Milla(:nd contracts malaria whi!^le onboard the s-h
,ip a!nd T]_odd nu*:rses;_ h,im`-% bac ,k to health. I/!n London, (Todd s+et:tl(es into`.@ he-r ho]_me, taking i n boa@==
r,d^_# e-[rs to make =ends * meet.! Mil@_land[_ arrive%+(s, moves i?n,-! a! nd procla=?\i]!ms h=/+is lov - e fo`/%)r her. Todd is thrilled, bu+:t it seems rather ob
[v^#ious that Milland is on.ly [ toying with he +r. Milland/% finds s)+/^o+;[m-_e le tters written .)to h =%er by her fr=]iend, Fitz$g=-[er/,ald, _ =;i((!(^n ^which F@itzgerald reve``;a.$ls s=ome of (;her sexua*!l ind?iscret=ions. S ince Fi:)t\zge%rald is now married to the wealthy ,Hunt-^ley, M`illand believes ) he c(an use the( = le% t-te$[@rs to blackmail F-=i/+tzge:rald %. T_=)odd's love for% Mil`land is s_$.o g)[$r+@eat that  ?she$[ goe:[ #s al$)ong with t )he *[plan. Huntl+ey, however, lear) ns of th/!e ?s)cheme!.() an) ;d also un_# covers details of Milland's $= s! _hady p/`!\a*%:st. Fearing.%@ for:].) he= [[r lo?!ver's safet$*]y, %`To?[dd/% poi$/,sons Huntle%y,?]( then r\em [ai_n^s silent when Fitzgerald is *)arrested for the murder. Mi =%lland has by )n$!,ow genuin@)ely  fallen in love with Tod? d\* an%-d the tw$o ]#make plans to leav.
e Engl#and. Before they can depart, one of Milla#nd]:&#+,,39s former lovers shows up and Todd, in a \je;#%alous rage, ki=l?(ls Milland]
*, then turns her %self !into !the po/lice.　　Thi^?s is an int*!rigu\i``ng film, :\although a+=* little on the(_ tal$%]ky ? %side. The perf-or%mances are excellent throughout, w%it_h[*`, Milla \nd shinin=](+g as the cad,-[ the type of role(, in which\.\ he excelled. @[/)Th=oug@-
h h)--]e sp `ent^ !most of`# ,?\his tim; e m aking fil,?ms(# in the ^ )US,/!  he occ/@ asionally return*^$$ed to his na]]_ti%ve E:ng@l!and  for a prod,uction  and :;this;,.  was his first Brit ish film since F\+R^:ENCH. W_I#THOUT TEARS in 1939. Direct*(or Allen was also an E[ :nglishma!n who$/ chose *(to* work in th_(e US, this$(, being his firs]`t directorial effo/rt in _his homeland. This was the fourt\h and %+(l:@ast time Milland and ?#Al)$len
would work !+together, !th,
$eir pair^ing having begun %in;- 194
/;4 wi\_]th% the wonderfully ?eerie THE? UNIN;VITED.