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.
配色构图还行，剧本真还得打磨，故事太平了，悬念看了开头就猜的差不多了，伯尔斯通诡计真是被玩过太多遍了，一些地方的台词设计痕迹太重，不够自然，整体不推荐。
本来还蛮期待，2小时忍着看完，中间一度快进，这个故事大大小小电影和剧当中都出现过，结果没有出现什么新意，平铺直叙的钓不起来胃口，制作水准跟网大差不多，也看不到导演有惊艳的手法表现，总之就是平庸，三星鼓励下吧。打5星的真看了？怕不是托儿
简单的一个案子。。。最后的反转 浪费我两个小时
是从什么时候开始，大家对国产剧的态度变得这么宽容了？
有很多问题，但问题最大的可能是编剧，一个悬疑片的剧本平淡得仿佛在种田，娓娓道来并不意味着没有高潮，本该是高潮的开枪戏前后没有铺垫没有烘托呈现得高不成低不就，镜头语言其实是可以的，但不得不说拼接杂糅痕迹很明显，整体观感比起成熟的作品更像是实验产物，但女生和女生之间纯厚的情谊我爱，算及格吧。
我最后还是没懂林音怎么死的，严华又怎么毁容的。
节奏太慢，反转多得有点让人疲劳，可能还是节奏问题
旧旧的气氛还可以，画面也挺美，但是故事简单，也有点故弄玄虚，情节松散，bug也不少。两星半吧
几个女主角，不能选的差别大一点么，总是分不清，浪费很多脑细胞。
画面氛围很好，剧情不算复杂，稍微有一个bug就是开头严华被烧毁的脸，竟然被画出来了，有些夸张，然后比如主任调戏严华故事线没有交待后续，队长与画像师互动感不强等，让剧情缺乏串联，到总体上来说真的不错，给四星！
典型的为反转和悬念服务的剧作方式（况且还是异常薄弱的悬念），不仅在时间线进程上做了没必要的复杂处理，还忽略了几乎所有人物的情感和发展需求，不为人物服务就是不为情感服务，就是自动的放弃了戏剧属性，把本可粘合的世界碎片变成单调的影像展览。
看的时候感觉有点好玩，这些演员都有其他大牌的影子：
如果没有那个变态的杀人犯，那些美丽的女孩们会不会有另一种美好的人生。
作为一部小成本电影，做到这个程度已经是很好了
很不错的剧情，节奏和画面都很舒服，是犯罪悬疑片里的上乘。
为画面和配乐我愿意给4星。
叙事破案过程毫无吸引力！男主牛逼的不用人描述，逛一逛，看一看，想一想就能画出和照片一样的画像，我也是惊呆了！还有那个队长，暴躁狂吼症吧！
电影本身，拍摄很棒，故事一般（最大的悬疑点应该是队长这个处事风格和能力，怎么做到队长这个位置的，只会大吼大叫，尽管癌症，但也不至于这么折腾一个“无关紧要的“男主吧）。 说拍摄的好是因为场景逼真，那个时代小镇的故事，总是让人有一种舒服（无忧无虑，单纯朴实）但又不舒服（物是人非）的感觉。
8分吧，现在的评分太低了。这画面和质感，太有文艺片的范儿了，喜欢。文艺范的悬疑推理剧，你值得细品。
也是噱头做了很足，但是没什么用。毁容必有互换身份，连环杀人案破得也太随意了。这位画画的感觉也不是画画的，想搞推理，结果片子推理的抽丝剥茧也拍得很一般…剧情不够悬疑来凑，唯一可圈可点的，可能是全片画面都强迫症一样的打在黄金比例上，除了色彩压抑，符合剧情以外，画面还可以。另外，真的没人觉得男主角像吴慷仁嘛😂
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