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.
印象深刻的，好多个爸爸。。。其实我觉得县太爷蛮孝顺的。
听说要重新上映了？小时候看过2遍，很有印象，很喜欢
狐狸精的配音相当有爱 “打起来了 断气儿了~~”
简单的场景和人物，像是舞台剧吧，个人觉得拍成30分钟左右的小电影更好。
天书是把双刃剑。感觉反派刻画更多更生动。中间比较松散，结尾有些悲壮。为中式动画情怀加一星
小时候看是看狐狸精 长大了再看 水墨画的美感 内容的讽刺性 制作的巧思 动情的配音 经典并且一点都没有过时 …最后的纪录片看得也好感动 『奇、趣、美』
这个电影明显想走文艺惊悚片路线，结果成了四不像，也并没有表达出什么深层含义……
求求了，国产动漫按照这个标准来吧，照着抄也行啊。
并不觉得这部片子如其评分和评价一般神乎其神，但的确反映出四十年前的动画作品走的是于当下不同且显著高于当下的路子。观影的时候不断思考两个问题：一是国内的动画（和动画之外）何至于自我阉割至今天的水平；二是作为艺术的动画或许不只如皮克斯工作室代表的极度逼真一条发展路线，几笔线条带来的审美体验完全可以不输计算机营造的极致光影。
年少时最喜欢的中国动画
这部近四十年前的动画今天来看，不是“依然牛逼”，而是“当代语境下无法做到的牛逼”。可以解读的层面很多，我只说一个最震撼我的：成年男性角色没有一个是伟光正的，包括非常规社会里的宗教角色，甚至最顶级的权力阶层形象也是非常滑稽跟讽刺的。得亏它是老片重映，搁今天的新片应该过不了审，社会舆论接纳空间也可预见地狭窄。
還行⋯小院不錯⋯
简单的场景和人物，像是舞台剧吧，个人觉得拍成30分钟左右的小电影更好。
现在的动画人哪敢讲这种故事，这么多代指上面光砍就算轻的了
前两天还在电视上看到～觉得感情真挚得不行了～非常喜欢
狐狸成精盗天书，猥琐和尚俏仙姑，民脂民膏聚宝盆，权色暴毙抓交替，飞虎吃人逗皇帝；一次失败的BBC中外合作让众艺术家放开了手脚玩，个中隐喻讽刺远高于当下动画
中国美术的精髓，用最少的线条创造最深入人心的形象，就说狐女那个媚气，无出其右。现在的国漫追求视觉元素最大化，越发繁复，却难抵深刻之实。断层过后，无法不怀念这种纯净。袁公被绑走的时候哭惨了。
看了很多遍.喜欢.那个年轻的女狐狸精真美,声音也动人.
难道你们不正是不声名狼藉的、更危险的坏人吗？
还可以，从头到尾都挺抓人的，想知道剧情会如何进展。最后的结尾着实没想到。四个演员撑起一部电影！
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