剧情：
O n a ra iny night in 19 28 in a Pennsy lvania fa ctory town ca lled Iv erstown, Mart ha Ivers (Janis W ilson), t hirteen yea rs old, is trying to escape from the guardianship of her wealthy, do mineering a unt. Her friend, the street-smart, poor Sam Mas terson (Darryl Hickman) , come s for her thr ough her bedr oom window, but Marth a';s aunt catches them . While Sam sli ps out un noticed, M artha hits Mrs. Ivers on the head , caus ing her to f all down the lo ng staircase and die. Thou gh Sam saw nothing, the eve nt was witnessed by Walter O 'Neil (Mickey K uhn), the son of Martha9;s tutor (Roman B ohne n), known as Mr. O' Neil. Mart ha lies about the incident to Mr. O'Neil, and Walter supports her.[ 5] Mr. O'Neil suspects w hat happened but presents Marth a's version of events to the police, that an intruder is responsible; he makes use of his knowledge by having her marry his son. When the po lice ident ify a former emplo yee of t he aunt as the murderer, the two O 'Neils and Martha help co nvict him; he i s punis hed by hanging.[5] Eighteen years later, the older O&# 39;Nei l has died. Walter (now play ed by Kirk Doug las) is the dist rict attorney, while Martha ( Barbara Stanwyc k) has us ed her inheritance f rom her aunt to build a large business empire. The ir marriage is one -sided; he loves h er, but she does not love him. Sam (Van Heflin), now a drif ter and gamble r, stops in the small town by chance to have his car repa ired a fter an accid ent. While waiting for r epairs, at his old home, now a boa rding house, he meets Antonia &q uot;Toni" Ma rachek (Liz abeth Scott), who has jus t been r eleased f rom jail. She is l ater pick ed up for v iolating her probati on by not returnin g to h er ho metown. Sam goes to see W alte r, to see if he can use his influence to get her released. Walter i s convinced Sam has ret urned with blackm ail in mind, g iving Walter a motiv e to run Sam out of town. When Ma rtha reacts with joy to the n ews of Sam 's retu rn, Walt er' ;s jealousy provide s an additional moti ve. Walter force s Toni to s et Sam up. S am is beaten and d riven out of town, but he is too tough to be intimi dated. W hen all else fails, Walter makes a half-hearted attempt to kill Sam hi mself, but is easil y disarmed. Ma rtha th en inadvertently blurts out the couple 9;s fear s of blackmail, which prove to be gr oundless: Sam says he did not w itness th e death. Martha b reaks down and lamen ts that h e left w ithout her a ll those years ago, taking with h im her onl y chance for love and freed om. Sam is t orn between his old love and his new. Alt hough he eventually forgives Toni for betraying him, he and Mart ha spend a n idyllic day togeth er, rekindling his feelings for her. Walte r arrange s to mee t Sa m to finally set tle matters. Before S am arriv es, Walter gets drunk a nd Martha finds o ut about the meeting. Whe n Walter fal ls dow n the stairs an d is k nock ed unconscious, M artha urg es S am to kill him. Sam instead brings Walter aro und. Martha pulls out a gun and thr eatens to shoot Sam in "self defens e" as an intruder. Howev er, Sam gambles that Walter will not back up her story; he turns his back on he r and leaves. Wal ter emb races a nd kisses h is wif e; then he points the gun at her midri ff. Oddly relieved, she pu ts her hand over his hand on th e trigger and press es. As she is dying, she defi antly states he r name is not Martha Iv ers, but Mar tha Smith. Ou tsid e, Sam hea rs the shot. He r uns back tow ard t he mansion, bu t sees Walter, holding Martha' ;s body, shoot h imsel f. Sa m and Toni drive away toget her. 安画轻叹了一口气，“她在我的 面前，从来没有放开过，哪怕喝水，也小心翼翼地只沾个唇。她和夏正明确关系以来，表面上，纯阳宗是得了 丹堂的一些照应，但是，以她和夏正的关系，如果有心，元 一百灵丹与 骷髅蝗的真正关系，我觉得，完全可以弄来。”
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