The three characters caught in the conflict were:Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) - a charming, sophisticated yet villainous British husband and ex-tennis professional at Wimbledon, who married for money, and was obsessively jealous about his wife""s affairMargo Wendice (Grace Kelly) - an unfaithful wealthy, and beautiful socialite wifeMark Halliday (Robert Cummings) - a handsome American crime-mystery writerMastermind Tony Wendice blackmailed (or ""influenced"") C.Anyhow, there it is.The people are like mountain peasants everywhere - simple, independent.They work because they must, they smile when they feel like it and they""re no respecters of persons.The men are men - no better, no worse than anywhere else.The women are women.The children, children.Up on the mountain above the palace, we have our Holy Man who sits there day in and day out in all weathers.I can""t get myself right.I wanted to look mellow and I look brittle.My face doesn""t compose well - it""s all highlights.How can I dim myself down, Leon? Suggest something.Oh, I""m so bored with this face.I wish I had someone else""s face.Whose face would you have if you had your choice? Oh well, I guess one gets the face one deserves.Her dapper boyfriend/lover, who shares her cynical view of love and a business partnership, is the suave and handsome playboy Count Leon D""Algout (Melvyn Douglas), who responds wittily: "There""s one marvelous advantage to your conversation, Swana.[Spoiler: Yuri bought oil leases for $20 million with the stolen CIA money and was in a covert alliance with evil mastermind and veteran CIA boss Ward Abbott (Brian Cox).