剧情：
On a rainy night in 1928 in a Pennsylvania factory town c alled Iverstown, Martha Iver s (Janis W ilson), thirteen years old, is t rying to escape fro m th e guardianship of her wealthy, domineering aunt. Her friend , the s tree t-smart, poor Sam M asterson (Da rryl Hic kman), comes for her throu gh her bedroom w indow, but Martha's au nt catches them . While Sam slips out un noticed, Martha hits Mrs. Iver s on the hea d, cau sing her to f all down t he long stairca se and die. Though Sam saw noth ing, the event was witne ssed by Wa lter O' ;Neil (Mi ckey Kuhn), the son of Martha 's tutor (Roman B ohnen), kno wn as Mr. O';Neil. Martha lies about the inci dent to Mr. O'Neil, and W alter supports her. [5] Mr. O'Neil su spects what happened but presents Mar tha's version of events to t he police, that an intruder is responsibl e; he make s use of hi s knowledge by havi ng her marry h is son. When the poli ce ide ntify a former em ployee of the aunt as the murderer, the two O'Neils and Martha hel p convict him; h e is puni shed by hanging.[5] E ighteen y ears later, the o lder O' Neil has died. Walter (no w played by Kir k Douglas) is the distri ct at torney, while Mar tha (Barbara Stanwyck) has used her inheritance from her aunt to build a large business emp ire. Their marri age is one-si ded; he love s her, but s he does not love him. Sam (Van Heflin), n ow a drifte r and gambler, stops in the small town by chance to have his car repaired after an acc ident. Wh ile wa iting for re pairs, at h is old home, now a boarding house, he me ets Antonia "Toni " Marachek (Li zabeth Scott ), who has just b een releas ed from jail. She is l ater picked up for viol ating her prob ation by no t returning to her hom etown. Sam g oes to see Walter, to see if he ca n use his influence to get h er releas ed. Walter i s convinc ed Sam has returned with blackmail in m ind, giving Walter a motive to run Sam o ut of town. When Mar tha reacts with joy to the news of Sam9;s ret urn, Walter's jealousy provides an additional motive . Wal ter forces Toni to set Sam up. Sam is beaten and driven out of t own, but he is too tough t o be intimidate d. When all else fails, Walter makes a half- hearted att empt to kil l Sam himself, but i s easily disarmed. Martha t hen inadvertentl y blurts out the couple ';s fears of blackmail, which prove to be groundle ss: Sam says he did n ot witness the death. Martha breaks down and la ments t hat he le ft without her all those years ago, taking with him her only chance for love and freedom. S am is torn b etween his old love and h is new. Alth ough he eventually forgives Toni for betrayin g him, h e and Martha spend an idyllic day together, rekindling h is feelings for her. Walter arrange s to meet Sa m to f inally se ttle matters. Before Sam arrives, Walt er gets d runk and Martha find s out about the meeting. When W alter falls down the stairs and is k nocked u nconscio us, Mart ha urges Sam to k ill him. Sam instead brings Walter aroun d. Martha pull s out a gun and threatens to sh oot Sam in "self defense" as an intruder. However, Sam gambles that Walter will not b ack up her story; he turns his back on her and leaves. W alter embraces and kisses his wife; the n he points the g un at her midriff. Odd ly reliev ed, she puts h er hand over his ha nd on the trigg er and presses. As she is dying, s he defi antly states her name is not Martha Ivers, but Martha Smith. Outside, Sam he ars the sh ot. He runs back t oward the mansi on, but sees Wa lter, h olding Marth a's body, shoot him self. Sa m an d Toni drive away together . 说到这里， 木头人顿了顿，“你可能 不知道，我主人 一直怀疑，他们之中，有早就到这方宇宙的 佐蒙人潜伏。他说，那个人智计无双，大家 一直查不到 他，可能 是因为，那人的修为远在他们之上，是对方隐藏起来的第三位圣
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