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So Evil My Love

- Romantic obsession… A woman destroyed!

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

Release Date : 1948-08-02

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hal Wallis Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mark Bellis

Original Name : Ray Milland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olivia Harwood

Original Name : Ann Todd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Susan Courtney

Original Name : Geraldine Fitzgerald

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jarvis

Original Name : Leo G. Carroll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Courtney

Original Name : Raymond Huntley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Courtney (SR)

Original Name : Martita Hunt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kitty Feathers

Original Name : Moira Lister

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edgar

Original Name : Raymond Lovell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir John Curle

Original Name : Roderick Lovell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Shoebridge

Original Name : Muriel Aked

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Krylie

Original Name : Finlay Currie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curtis

Original Name : Maureen Delaney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Watson

Original Name : Ivor Barnard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smathers

Original Name : Ernest Jay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coroner

Original Name : Hugh Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lizette

Original Name : Zena Marshall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Helliwell

Original Name : Eliot Makeham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Pound

Original Name : Guy Le Feuvre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rogers

Original Name : Vincent Holman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice

Original Name : Chris Halward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Footman

Original Name : John Wilder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Proprietress

Original Name : Leonie Lamartine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Cunningham

Original Name : Clarence Bigge

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Locket Love! So Evil My Love (AKA: For Her to See/The Obsessed) is directed by Lewis Allen and adapted to screenplay by Ronald Millar & Leonard Spigelgass from the novel written by Joseph Shearing (AKA: Marjorie Bowen). It stars Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Leo Carroll. Music is scored by William Alwyn & Victor Young and cinematography by Max Green. "This is a true story...one of the strangest chapters in the annals of crime. Its characters lived more than fifty years ago...the leading figures in a passionate game of love and murder. It began on a sailing vessel homeward bound from the West Indies for Liverpool...." Lewis Allen's movie falls into that category of films tagged as Gaslight Noir – Period Noir. Marjorie Bowen's literary works were always ripe for such noirish period pickings, given that many of them feature dark doings, bad people, idiotic people and just plain misery, and this filmic adaptation is no different in that respect; gloriously so for the film noir faithful. While not in the same league as the two Gaslight movies, So Evil My Love pulses throughout with tainted blood. The period flavours are lovely, the lead cast members at home in their settings, yet you will have to search far and wide for someone you can respect. Heading up the cast is Milland, who around this time was thoroughly enjoying himself playing troubled or bad boy roles, and here, as he drags all around him through the mud, he's having a grand old time of it. Unfortunately the long running time proves a bit much for director Allen, who sinks into deep melodrama for a good portion of the mid- section, and this is where it comes close to being dull, but the final third is worth waiting for as the septic and the stupid trot along to their respective fate. It's also disappointing that Green's photography doesn't always enhance the turbulent atmosphere, so for better work from him seek out Hatter's Castle (1942) and the mightily great Night and the City (1950). Lots to like here for period and gothic noir fans though. 7/10

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Pretty good gothic thriller with everything from deceit, blackmail and ultimately murder. Liked the two leads with Ray Milland and Ann Todd, the latter's character being manipulated from innocent widow to a woman committing ever escalating crimes. Pretty tense film from beginning to end. **3.75/5**