Novelist。Joseph。Shearing。specialized。in。using。real。cases。which。took。place。in。Victorian。England,。altering。them。for。fictional。purposes.。MOSS。ROSE。in。1947。was。the。first。film。to。be。made。from。his。novels,。then。in。1948。two。of。his。works。were。adapted。for。the。screen,。this。film。and。THE。MARK。OF。CAIN.。The。movie。stars。Todd。as。a。recently。widowed。missionary。returning。to。her。home。in。England。from。Jamaica.。During。the。voyage,。she。meets。Milland,。a。charming。though。dangerous。rascal。who。is。wanted。by。police。in。connection。with。some。unsavory。dealings.。Milland。contracts。malaria。while。onboard。the。ship。and。Todd。nurses。him。back。to。health.。In。London,。Todd。settles。into。her。home,。taking。in。boarders。to。make。ends。meet.。Milland。arrives,。moves。in,。and。proclaims。his。love。for。her.。Todd。is。thrilled,。but。it。seems。rather。obvious。that。Milland。is。only。toying。with。her.。Milland。finds。some。letters。written。to。her。by。her。friend,。Fitzgerald,。in。which。Fitzgerald。reveals。some。of。her。sexual。indiscretions.。Since。Fitzgerald。is。now。married。to。the。wealthy。Huntley,。Milland。believes。he。can。use。the。letters。to。blackmail。Fitzgerald.。Todd's。love。for。Milland。is。so。great。that。she。goes。along。with。the。plan.。Huntley,。however,。learns。of。the。scheme。and。also。uncovers。details。of。Milland's。shady。past.。Fearing。for。her。lover's。safety,。Todd。poisons。Huntley,。then。remains。silent。when。Fitzgerald。is。arrested。for。the。murder.。Milland。has。by。now。genuinely。fallen。in。love。with。Todd。and。the。two。make。plans。to。leave。England.。Before。they。can。depart,。one。of。Milland's。former。lovers。shows。up。and。Todd,。in。a。jealous。rage,。kills。Milland,。then。turns。herself。into。the。police. This。is。an。intriguing。film,。although。a。little。on。the。talky。side.。The。performances。are。excellent。throughout,。with。Milland。shining。as。the。cad,。the。type。of。role。in。which。he。excelled.。Though。he。spent。most。of。his。time。making。films。in。the。US,。he。occasionally。returned。to。his。native。England。for。a。production。and。this。was。his。first。British。film。since。FRENCH。WITHOUT。TEARS。in。1939.。Director。Allen。was。also。an。Englishman。who。chose。to。work。in。the。US,。this。being。his。first。directorial。effort。in。his。homeland.。This。was。the。fourth。and。last。time。Milland。and。Allen。would。work。together,。their。pairing。having。begun。in。1944。with。the。wonderfully。eerie。THE。UNINVITED.