Soldier Joseph Cotten (Quinton) writes love letters to Jennifer Jones (Victoria) on behalf of his army buddy Robert Sully (Roger). Jones falls in love with Sully as a result of these letters and this deception leads to them marrying one another. Things don't go well for either of them after this. After all, their love is based on a deception. Joe Cotten arrives on the scene to sort things out. And things need sorting out as Jones has amnesia after a disturbing incident.
This film is a romance that keeps you watching thanks to the cast but I wanted it to be better. Housekeeper Cecil Kellaway (Mac), rather annoyingly puts on a terrible accent from nowhere. It's an inconsistent mix of Scottish and Northern English and is probably his attempt at Irish. He is the weak link in the cast as everyone else gives a good account of their roles and even though Jones has an unbelievable role in the first place, she does alright with it. At work, a Quentin refers to a homosexual so I was giggling to myself every time Cotton's character was name-checked. Turns out his name was Quinton, so elocution fell short at times in this film. The name "Singleton" also gets annoying. Why is it repeated so much?
In terms of the story, it could have been better if Jones had played things as an evil character. As it was, the story succeeds as an unbelievable romance but is nowhere near their other effort "Portrait of Jennie" (1948). I was able to guess the 'surprising' twist pretty much immediately. What is surprising is that this film got passed the Hayes Code. We get a man who gets murdered for doing absolutely nothing and the perpetrator literally gets away with murder. How did they miss that plot line?
This film is a romance that keeps you watching thanks to the cast but I wanted it to be better. Housekeeper Cecil Kellaway (Mac), rather annoyingly puts on a terrible accent from nowhere. It's an inconsistent mix of Scottish and Northern English and is probably his attempt at Irish. He is the weak link in the cast as everyone else gives a good account of their roles and even though Jones has an unbelievable role in the first place, she does alright with it. At work, a Quentin refers to a homosexual so I was giggling to myself every time Cotton's character was name-checked. Turns out his name was Quinton, so elocution fell short at times in this film. The name "Singleton" also gets annoying. Why is it repeated so much?
In terms of the story, it could have been better if Jones had played things as an evil character. As it was, the story succeeds as an unbelievable romance but is nowhere near their other effort "Portrait of Jennie" (1948). I was able to guess the 'surprising' twist pretty much immediately. What is surprising is that this film got passed the Hayes Code. We get a man who gets murdered for doing absolutely nothing and the perpetrator literally gets away with murder. How did they miss that plot line?