The reason why Bogart is one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century is that he is good at expressing the great contrast between the appearance and the heart of the characters. In this film, the protagonist Steele played by Bogart is also such a character with great internal and external contrasts. On the one hand, he showed amazing indifference and even ruthlessness when facing the photos of the dead who were still together a few hours ago but were suddenly killed. On the other hand, he quietly bought flowers on the roadside and asked them to give them to the family members of the deceased to show their condolences. On the one hand, he became angry and injured passersby because he was repeatedly suspected by the people around him, and on the other hand, he sent money to others to apologize. But in dealing with true love, Steele is completely from the heart, from the inside to the outside, just like the love in "Jane Eyre", it is true love without any conditions, just like the "Pride and Prejudice" in "Pride and Prejudice" Love is to hate the love with conditions, and the love that transcends everything and only focuses on the specific person of the other party is true love! If Gray really loves Steele, then what Steele's friend and agent who has been around for many years said at the end of "to love him, to accommodate his strengths and weaknesses, and to accommodate everything about him" is enough. If she really loves him, she should pay a little attention to the trust of Steele's old subordinate, the policeman who handled the case, not the sheriff. Friends and old subordinates can be trusted, but women in passion don't, which only shows that this kind of love is not real enough! Not pure enough! Not relentless enough! At the end of the film, Bogart once again showed his unique talent for expressing the contrast between the inside and outside of the characters. The moment he couldn't get true love in front of the woman he devoted himself to, he suppressed the pain in his heart that was far greater than being suspected in the murder case. Anger, except for a little loss, immediately returned to the usual surface indifference, and left quietly without taking a cloud!
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