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.
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最后哈特曼和希特勒对手戏那里紧张的我快吐了……节奏很好啊
有愿意用生命对抗强权的年轻人是一个国家的幸运，结果如何不重要。这里也有拳师，万万没想到。
剧情节奏很慢的电影，又没有很享受的过程，没有看下去的欲望。粗略看解说，简单来说就是失去了阻止二战的一次绝佳机会，但历史不能够重演了，讲这些有多大意义呢？做好当下为和平付出的努力，维护当下世界和平才是正道。
每次我看历史片，都会有新的感受，都会吸纳新的知识，值得观看的原因再加上荞麦的精彩演出，紧张气氛烘托的也很到位。
印度的超级英雄都是武蹈派的，超现实的先天神功护体和印度特色的民族自信。
二战的电影非常多，但签订苏台德协议场景重现的，第一次看到。这电影不错。
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
long live the fucking queen lmao
看完对印度电影获得了一个全新的理解：印度电影的动作戏本质上都是杂技，导演追求的是视听表现上形式化的美感和冲击力，而不是现实逻辑。这一底层逻辑同样能解释为何印度电影有大量的歌舞，以及印度阅兵为啥会搞出奇葩的叠罗汉摩托阵来
真是离谱他妈给离谱开门，离谱到家啦，但是看得我确实是爆笑，装逼装得这么认真，还装了3个小时，我都不觉得累，也只有三哥电影有这样的魔力。
奇葩的片名加上夸张的动作，也不是不能看，就是时长这个老毛病改不了
两男主真挺帅的……
又都想说服对方
“我们无法选择自己生活的时代，我们唯一的选择就是如何回应”
三个小时居然看的意犹未尽。不用去琢磨合理不合理，无脑爽就完了。而且还能接受爱国主义教育，比我国主旋律电影不知高到哪里去了。
为张伯伦翻案，翻不去英国牺牲弱小自私自利的帝国主义底色。
人都有资格努力 但不该期待成果
印度人怎么独立的，不是甘地的绝食，而是神仙下凡啊。神力非凡，神枪命中，神人不死，就这样干掉了英国总督、英国军队，真是神剧！特效真的花了不少钱。
2022.01.27. 通过本片可以补一补《慕尼黑协定》和二战前的张伯伦执政历史背景，即使没有争取到和平，《慕尼黑协定》对纳粹德国的妥协至少为英法等国争取到一年的短暂和平和缓冲、若1938年就爆发二战，历史和今天会是什么样大家都无法想象。不过历史本就没有“如果”，正如故事里的Paul von Hartmann，明明有与希特勒独处的机会并可以开枪，但他错过了。卡司上德国演员们竟然全都是大熟脸，略可惜的是《巴比伦柏林》的女主在本片戏份有些少，可见德国影视圈子真是太小了。铁叔、荞麦、Jannis三位男主都非常出色，开心见到黄金配角戏骨Alex Jennings。同样非常出色的摄影、剪辑、服装、美术、甚至Isobel Waller-Bridge的音乐，都为本片大大加分。
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