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.
以为是貌合神离的夫妻，正准备说诡计多端的男人（海上啤酒摊版），竟然真的是sister。放弃名利的原因还是知道自己时日无多吧，在海边找到了平静，真是和1900一样沉默，急死个人。2022.7.17
已婚男人出轨失败，错的都是小三，他是白莲花
小空间（警察局），多身份，复杂关系。警察好像都不在线的样子。
看到这片标签里有“没演技”，感觉挺惊讶的，在我看来这部情节平平的片子最大亮点就是三男一女四个主角，每个人都演出了很酷的感觉，特别是老巴和格里罗，亦正亦邪的演出都突破自我以往的银幕形象，更不用说那个癫狂了一把的小胡子，他出现以后所有人的风头都给他抢去了。可以说是这几个角色拯救了这部本来平淡无奇的影片。国外媒体评论也多持赞扬肯定态度。
有部分尚可的动作，节奏，画面质感，镜头语言等，前半部分铺垫稍长，且对后半部分的塑造作用有限，总体归于尚可一看。
🇯🇵拍的真是越来越差了，看了但是跟没看也差不多，没什么能记住的点
作为悬疑片有点过于平铺直叙了，悬疑点设计地不错(有原著加持？），但拍得不够抓人。
男主没意识到吗，悲剧的发生全是因为自己的性骚扰，显得自己一点错也没有。
本来整体观感值三星，剩下的一星给结尾没有安排男女主再相遇，消失在茫茫人海中，可能才是人生的常态
在看的过程中不断在想，这个世界太多导演了，以至于大家混淆了到底什么才算艺术品。放了一个屁，运气好时也能被称之为艺术家。
感觉还挺好看的，光看名称和封面就感觉内容也可以，就是有些地方在真实一点就更好看了。
45/ 电影名字我很喜欢 生命终结的时候就像sundown平静又绚烂 名利金钱甚至家人也不再那么重要了 只是平静的做喜欢的事情喝酒做爱享受这世界最后的阳光
就是说 拍得有点像学生作业 不过听北村匠海谈RAD好神奇 这个色调让我想起成田凌的新电影 一直在想那部电影用了aliens那首歌 然后…没想到竟是这里女主的闹铃[晕] 还挺喜欢男二的 男主的好朋友 真不错 深感先找个工作再跳槽将成时代常态 不过 想成是新的人生的话 没准可以接受 青春和一点职场主题可以 感情线不喜欢 实在没必要那么晚反转
如果把刻意掩藏的信息前置，整部片都不成立了，把电影创作核心依赖于关键信息的隐藏，其唯一目的只是操纵不知情的观众心理，和任何表达都毫无关系。
绝了，这种主角全程摆烂的电影竟然意料之外的好看。蒂姆罗斯应该是已经达到可以登上筋斗云的程度了，妹妹前脚被杀害，他后脚跨出监狱就回旅馆和新女友翻云覆雨，真的是笑死了。
我丢你个嘴，男记者最后就这么算了？！算了？这个片在搞啥？告诉我们不要跟老男人作对吗？还是想带我们真切认识普信南？“我可以偷窥你奶子和内裤，可以强吻你，但是你不能告我性骚扰，不然杀你全家”？？？最后女主在搞什么？你直接给它一刀，它也保证害不到你妹，你还省下自己一条命，好吗亲？啊反正，远离普信南的人平均多活500年。
这不是white privilege的虚无，这就是普通人的虚无，white privilege只是为了将这种虚无表现得更加纯粹。如果你觉得它无病呻吟，那么，恭喜你。
银幕上的主角似乎没有任何动机 只有导演恶作剧般的三个反转 推着他前进 这也让观众的认真看起来像个玩笑 很多人因此勃然大怒。可是人生 哪来那么多能动性哦 糊里糊涂也挺好
TIFF2021 #8: 没有《新秩序》那么what the f***，但也挺what the f***的
悬疑保持到了最后，悲伤的结局让人感受到人生的无常，日出日落，过好快乐的每一天吧
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