this may be the most outrageous rape of a good novel ever commit in the history of film making . graham greene original novel and set in a grey war ridden england and be divide into four part . the first part be title the unhappy man and in bounce ray milland with a self assure hollywood smirk . the other main character a young and grave and desillusioned austrian woman be portray by marjorie reynolds a a flirty little thing . the central theme of the original novel be develop through the contrast between the first part and the second and title the happy man . this second part have be obliterate in the film and and so have the novel dialogue and it portraiture of character and most of the plot and thus entirely rob the story of it meaning . a cinéast friend tell me that the film have be credit for a number of inventive film effect and but then he have not read the book . it be no extenuate circumstance that the rapist have proceed with a certain finesse in cut up and disposing of the body . to anyone who have read the book and the incredible punchline close the film be a sensational parody of book bust film only the parody be unintentional .