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.
哈，来了段救赎式故事做结尾…… 没完没了的话贼多，是因为出镜面孔多吗，不给几句不好意思？没看见整花活的快枪手死于话多了嘛。真诚建议，少说话，多开枪。
视听效果绝对一流，尤其是配乐，复古浪漫，西部风格满满。但三流的剧情实在是拖后腿，根本不知道怎么去构建人物性格，除了主角全体工具人，乏善可陈 @Netflix
完全理解女主一开始制定分手计划并在最后仍旧遵循规定的原因，我其实还蛮赞同这样子的想法，这可能是理智型人的一个通病？但对于感性人而言这就能理解成不够爱或者是不敢爱，但其实每个理性人内心是很渴望情感，但投入感情对于他们而言是在冒险并且很害怕受伤。同时男主的爱面子的特征也是很写实了，确实是恋爱中的小男生，会把约会的一切都安排妥当，并认为事情就一定会按照自己的设想发展。
这俩人是怎么就相爱了，男主写歌的能力也就那样吧（怪不得落选Berklee），俩人二三四月份天天就往床上一躺吗。对比before sunrise，台词情节太流水线了，情窦初开的心动一点儿都没拍出来。所以拍这片儿的意义到底是啥，看完以后甚至情绪都能不起一丝波澜。
why？！为什么可以这么拉垮？好莱坞 as a whole 是欠了毕志飞裸贷吗？！
this movie is like an epic mashup of clichés
有一个很出戏的感受，为什么同样的那个年代的西部片，你们的小镇却看起来新的跟2021年建的一样？
毒液和Eddie感情是真好，毒液还挺傲娇
最后的剧情狗血了。。前半部分还比较紧凑。配乐可以
怎么这片几天变一个译名啊，前几天还是叫野心难拒呢
塔莉娅妹子清冷的气质更适合北欧文艺片，在美式青春小甜片里显得格格不入，虽然还是很美。
能和塔莉娅·莱德谈恋爱一定是世界上最幸福、浪漫和激动人心的几件事之一，不过糖水的质量甚至比不过Youtube Shorts，难受......
漂亮妹妹下凡演青春片还要什么自行车，虽然剧情无非就是我们要分手我们好合拍我们别分手这些俗套，但是音乐也太好听了哈哈男主唱歌也好听，很适合夏日观赏的青春爱情
三星的西部片，音乐太好听了加一星。 最后我还以为他不会开枪，是我天真。
姑娘真正，男孩真搓，他俩玩的那座山真的好美啊啊，我以后也要找个类似的去玩
有点疑惑：如果女主因为自己目标明确要当律师，外加父母的前车之鉴不想谈校园恋爱，这部片子不应该是男主努力追求女主吗？如果重点是放在高中毕业即分手，那不应该设置成女主/男主对异地恋没自信，两人以分手为前提交往吗？
后半截的设计有点意思。有点没想到。音乐非常nice 。动作也很不错。3.5
三星的西部片，音乐太好听了加一星。 最后我还以为他不会开枪，是我天真。
This doesn't have to be a whole goodbye thing,could be like the see you later.
前面紧凑感很好 后面略显拖沓 总的来说看着很舒服 很温馨 年轻真好
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