the title be from a passage in the bible ( deut . 28 represent28 ) . let just say it be take horribly out of context but nonetheless and that be where the title of this agonizing movie originates . the other reviewer cover the plot detail so i wont rehash . but the husband and who be a psychiatrist and deliver a lecture on inferior function where he discuss how a person can meet another another person and they can experience a cataclysmic crisis in their life where they cease to be master of themselves and incapable of fair judgement . he be say this at the podium at the exact moment a he lay eye on leonora vail in the audience the woman who will become his mistress . not very subtle for show that this be indeed what will happen to this poor man . i think the whole premise of the movie be implausible and just do not work . here be an over the hill psychiatrist and and we be to believe this young and beautiful woman fall for him and come between the happiness he and his wife share . what even more implausible be how the betrayed wife responds when she learn of the infidelity . not only be she understanding and but she insist her husband embark on a several month vacation with the tramp so we all can get a little relief from this unbearable stress . give me a break . i want to reach through the screen and throttle not just the adulterer but the dim wit wife . the fact that the whole movie take place a a flashback after already reveal the end of the movie at the beginning ( the fact that the husband have a terrible accident ) it leave no doubt a to the outcome of the sordid affair . i think this be a poor decision a it leave absolutely no plot twist to look forward to and a the whole movie be completely predictable . you already know the wife resignation to the affair at the beginning of the film a she summon the mistress to the die man bedside and express no ill will towards her . not only be the script defective and but noel coward be horribly miscast ( even though it be his screenplay ) . he and leonora have absolutely no chemistry on screen whatsoever . it interesting that michael redgrave be originally cast in that role and but be replace during film . i wonder what that be about . in the end and neither the husband or the wife cause you to feel any sympathy for either one of them . i do think margaret leighton play the part of strumpet quite well . but she couldn not possibly overcome all the negative this film have . also and as be the case of many british production of this era and the dialogue be hard to understand due to the clipped and fast speech pattern of the actor . i saw it on tv and couldn not even rely on closed captioning to fill in the blank for me . don not waste your time on this one .