So Evil My Love (1948)
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Taking advantage of Paramount's "frozen funds" in Britain, producer Hal Wallis was able to film much of So Evil My Love in London. Based on a novel by Joseph Shearing, whose previous Gothic romances included Moss Rose and Blanche Fury, the film stars Ray Milland in his first (but… More Taking advantage of Paramount's "frozen funds" in Britain, producer Hal Wallis was able to film much of So Evil My Love in London. Based on a novel by Joseph Shearing, whose previous Gothic romances included Moss Rose and Blanche Fury, the film stars Ray Milland in his first (but hardly his last) all-out villainous characterization. Milland is cast as charming scoundrel Mark Bellis, or at least that's what he's calling himself at the moment. Escaping his latest criminal escapade by boat, Bellis falls victim to a malaria epidemic. Nursed back to health by young widow Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd), Bellis repays the favor by pretending to fall in love with her, all the while intending to deplete her of her estate and bank account. Eventually Bellis' evil nature corrupts Olivia as well, prompting her to indulge in blackmail, with her old school friend Susan Courtney (Geraldine Fitzgerald) as the victim. Eventually, Olivia is driven to commit murder, carefully arranging the evidence to convict poor Susan. But when Bellis double-crosses her one time too many, Olivia belatedly does the "right thing," clearing her conscience if not her good name. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lewis Allen
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 6, 1948 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Ann Todd
as Olivia Harwood
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Ray Milland
as Mark Bellis
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Susan Courtney
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Moira Lister
as Kitty Feathers
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Martita Hunt
as Mrs. Courtney
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Raymond Huntley
as Henry Courtney
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Leo G Carroll
as Jarvis
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Muriel Aked
as Hattie Shoebridge
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Raymond Lovell
as Edgar Bellamy
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Roderick Lovell
as Sir John Curle
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Finlay Currie
as Dr. Krylie
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Ivor Barnard
as Mr. Watson
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Maureen Delaney
as Curtis
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Guy le Feuvre
as Dr. Pound
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Hugh Griffith
as Coroner
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Vincent Holman
as Rogers
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Ernest Jay
as Smathers
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Eliot Makeham
as Joe Helliwell
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Zena Marshall
as Lisette
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John Wilder
as Footman
