An unsophisticated stationmaster from provincial New Mexico fraudulently claims that he is dying in order to get an expense-paid dream tour of New York.
Jim Canfield, convicted of a crime he did not commit, escapes a Nevada prison with several hardened criminals. He leads them to the small farming community home of the man who not only framed him, but committed the crime. But Jim's plans for revenge are put on hold when he discovers that the local men have all joined the posse in the convict's pursuit, leaving their women behin...
一部不错的儿童电影，由丹尼·凯出演受人喜爱的丹麦作家。电影以一种为大家所接受的想像方式详细叙述了安徒生如何成为崭露头角的文学家的过程。本片以凯被要求离开小镇开始，他是镇上的鞋匠，喜欢给孩子们讲故事，以致孩子们听故事入迷，不愿去上学。
制片人高德温一直为《安徒生传》著迷。十五年来他不断宣布要制作这部电影，但被一次次的推辞（贾利·古柏曾被选作男主角）。高德温花高价找人编了十六份剧本，从中挑出一份喜欢的，以17.5万美元的片酬请凯演出。凯答应后电影开拍。至於芭蕾舞女演员一角，高德温想请英国舞蹈演员Moira Shearer出演，因为她刚拍完迈克·鲍威尔的《红菱艳》（1948年）。这个故事也是从安徒生童话改编的。Shearer答应出演，但她因怀孕不得不退出，由法国舞蹈演员瑞尼· 珍迈尔代替。
电影制作费用为400万美元，片中一段17分钟的芭蕾舞剧就耗费40万...
Specter of the Rose (1946) is a film written and directed by Ben Hecht, starring Judith Anderson, Ivan Kirov, Viola Essen, Michael Chekhov, and Lionel Stander and with choreography by Tamara Geva.
It is part ballet film and part murder mystery with the Kirov character suspected of murdering his first wife (his former ballet partner) and now possibly threatening his new wife and...
