Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
笑死，麦克弗兰西斯评论负零分。说意大利mob从来没和黑人那么打架，也不欺负女人
平铺直叙，波澜不惊的一对一雪山救援任务，有时候帮助别人就是帮助自己
“如果你们愿意相信我，就请你们鼓掌吧！你没有这种经历吗？虽然已经束手无策，但还是希望有奇迹发生。如果只要鼓掌精灵就可以不用死去，那我也会感到一些安慰。下次要是到了束手无策的时候，我会试着鼓掌的。”
故事一般，比较老套，画面色调和构图很美，截了好多图做桌面。那个年代的美国有很多精致的设计。
没看过剧集，会有些跟不上节奏
第二次看，还是没能看完，因为老婆不喜欢，我也觉得似乎没那么让人愿意花2个小时去看
无非就是家族仇恨，你弄我我弄你的套路，战线拉太长了，剪短一点节奏快点更有意思。
拍的很是平淡，剧情散落，节奏感不好，有点浪费了卡司。
因为未接触过，所以觉得很新奇。遇车路过那段完全不需要，回家之后吃点东西洗个澡就可以end了，或者结尾再加段重遇谈几句和女主的特写就cut了吧，给点留白就行。(三星半)
所以最后是鸡腿了啥？什么个鸡腿法？？？怎么鸡腿？？？？🆘
"That's the guy, my uncle Tony."
可以叫做三万日元的阴差阳错。整体故事还可以，但是后面怎么有股漫画感？
阵势不小，其实内容很平淡，故事很简单，一切都容易预料。还好给了Nivola很大的空间。
这个小电影里的角色已经是今年看过的商片里最丰富的了… Alessandro Nivola很不错
叙述方式真真假假，还是有讲究的，不至于6分。7.4吧
看似在描述意大利黑帮的消极然而每个演员都在使着吃奶的劲模仿意大利口音,甚至直接说意大利语...然而当时的情况想必是想使劲把英语说利索咯先吧...
like a super dark storm
没看懂，有些片子是要了解背景才能看懂的，不清楚美国的黑帮历史
既没有惊险刺激的灾难逃亡戏，也没有极具心灵冲击的情感戏，这部让人昏昏欲睡的电影太不值得让娜奥美·沃茨作出牺牲。一星。
有种《泡吧侦探》+《奇巧出租车》的感觉。巧妙又温油。
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