简介:Van Johnson plays a blind American writer who is renting an apartment on Baker Street while in London for the opening of his new play. After a row with his former fiancée (Vera Miles), he decamps to the local pub to drown his self-pity with a drink. There, his acute hearing picks up hushed snatches of conversation from the next booth. Convinced that a kidnap plot is in the offing, he rushes to the police, who are polite but refuse to believe him. However, Johnson knows what he heard is true and engages the help of Vera and Cecil Parker, his secretary, to find the kidnappers and save the unknown victim.This terrific suspense film takes interesting chances with the genre. Johnson's character is a study in frustration, a portrait of a man investigating something he knows exists but cannot see. The direction builds tension well and is supported by a fine musical background which heightens the mood.23 Paces to Baker Street was one of several 20th Century-Fox films shot on location in London to take advantage of Fox's "frozen funds" -- money earned by the studio in England which by law could only be spent in that country.
简介:1917年,俄国革命爆发,沙皇和他的家族被捕处死。但越来越多谣传说沙皇最小的女儿——最高贵的公主殿下安娜斯塔西亚(英格丽·褒曼 Ingrid Bergman饰)依旧侥幸存活着。安娜公主将是王朝在英国银行巨额存款一千万美元的唯一继承人。1928年,俄国将军波宁(尤·伯连纳 Yul Brynner饰)受流亡在北欧的俄国皇太后(海伦·海丝 Helen Hayes饰)之托,开始寻找公主的下落。几经波折仍寻公主无果,忽然一个精神错乱的女人(英格丽·褒曼 Ingrid Bergman饰)被波宁在一家精神病院发现。她有着与公主安娜惊人相似的容貌。经过波宁亲自监督的毫无人情味的训练下,她完成了从灰姑娘到贵夫人的转变。然而流亡丹麦的皇太后不为所动,任凭她如何努力都不相信她是真正的公主。 由安纳托尔·李维克执导,英格丽·褒曼和尤·伯连纳联袂主演的经典电影《真假公主》,荣获1957年奥斯卡金像奖最佳女主角,使女主角英格丽·褒曼成功在好莱坞复出。