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Noveli st J oseph Shearing speciali zed in usin g real case s which took place in Victorian England, altering them for fictional purposes. MOSS ROSE in 1947 was the f irst film to be ma de from his nov els, then in 1948 two of his work s wer e adapted for the screen, this film and TH E MARK OF CAIN. The movie stars Todd as a rec ently wid owed miss ionary returning to h er home in England fro m Jamaica. During the v oyage, she meets Milland , a c harming though d angerous rascal who is wanted by police in conne ction with some unsavory dealings. Milla nd contracts malaria while onboard t he ship and Todd nurses him back to health. In London, To dd settles into he r home, taking in boarde rs to m ake ends meet. Milland arri ves, moves in, and proclaims his love for her. Todd is thr illed, b ut it seems rather obvious that Mil land is only toying wit h he r. M illand fin ds some le tters written to her by her frien d, Fitzg erald, in which Fitzgerald rev eals s ome of her sexual indiscretions. Since Fitzgeral d is now married to t he wealthy Hu ntley, Milland believes he can use the letters to b lackmail Fitzger ald. Todd 9;s love for Milland is so great tha t she goes along wit h the plan. Huntley, howev er, learns of the scheme and also u ncover s detail s of Milland&# 39;s shady p ast. Fe aring for h er lo ver';s safety, Todd poisons Hunt ley, th en remains silent when Fitzgerald i s arrested f or th e murd er. Milland ha s by now genui nely fal len in lov e wit h Todd and the two ma ke pl ans to leave England. Before they can depa rt, one of Mil land& #39;s former lovers shows up and Todd, in a jealou s rage, kills Milland, th en turn s herself into t he police. Thi s is an intr iguing fi lm, although a littl e on the talky side. The per formance s are e xcellent throughout, with Mi lland shining as the cad, the type of role in which he excell ed. Though he spent most of his ti me making films in the US, he occa sionally returned to his native England for a prod uction a nd this was his f irst British film since FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS in 1939 . Direc tor Allen was also an English man who chose to work in the U S, this being his first direct orial effort in his homeland. This was the fourt h and last time Mill and and Allen would work together, their pairing having begun i n 194 4 with the wonderfully eerie THE U NINVIT ED. 此时，球中的陆灵蹊在小小的水镜中，清 楚地看到了外面的一切 ，她小心地戳了戳蓝玉板上的另一个好像半圆的符文，腰 间一股柔 力袭来，把她挤到一边，一张好像全由小网 织成的东西，从两端连 结到到一起，看着……似乎 是可以躺的。
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