Something has to go." Her father also added that the horse was unruly and needed to be tamed: "That horse is just too spirited for any woman to ride.Cary Grant does a marvelous job of exaggerated acting with constant mugging and other facial plasticity, amazing double-takes, slapstick and general befuddlement.She also exhibited spiritual warfare by attacking her rival Sister Superior Clodagh, who begged: "I know that you""ve left the order.Notice that behind he gaslight is the static shadow of a man strangling a woman!The film opens with a short sequence to set the scene.The purest dreams of the couple, both ""broken blossoms"", are destroyed by sordid reality of racism.[The film""s tale, in part, inspired director Federico Fellini""s classic dramaLa Strada (1954)with three similar character roles.