So Evil My Love (1948)
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- 1h 52min
- Crime, Drama
- 02 Aug 1948 (UK)
- Movie
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her lodger then her lover. Olivia falls so completely...
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Cast verified as complete
| Ray Milland | ... |
Mark Bellis
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| Ann Todd | ... |
Olivia Harwood
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| Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... |
Susan Courtney
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| Leo G. Carroll | ... |
Jarvis
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| Raymond Huntley | ... |
Henry Courtney
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Raymond Lovell | ... |
Edgar Bellamy
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| Martita Hunt | ... |
Mrs. Courtney
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| Moira Lister | ... |
Kitty Feathers
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Roderick Lovell | ... |
Sir John Curle
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| Muriel Aked | ... |
Miss Shoebridge
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| Finlay Currie | ... |
Dr. Krylie
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| Maureen Delaney | ... |
Curtis
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| Ivor Barnard | ... |
Mr. Watson
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Ernest Jay | ... |
Smathers
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| Hugh Griffith | ... |
Coroner
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| Zena Marshall | ... |
Lisette
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| Eliot Makeham | ... |
Joe Helliwell
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Guy Le Feuvre | ... |
Dr. Pound
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Vincent Holman | ... |
Rogers
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Chris Halward | ... |
Alice
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John Wilder | ... |
Footman
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Leonie Lamartine | ... |
Cafe proprietress
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Clarence Bigge | ... |
Dr. Cunningham
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Jack Leslie | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Johnnie Schofield | ... |
Railway Porter (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Lewis Allen | ||
Written by
| Ronald Millar | ... | (screenplay) |
| Joseph Shearing | ... | (novel) |
| Leonard Spigelgass | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Hal B. Wallis | ... | producer |
Music by
| William Alwyn | ||
Cinematography by
| Mutz Greenbaum | ... | (as Max Greene) |
Film Editing by
| Vera Campbell | ||
Production Design by
| Thomas N. Morahan | ... | (as Thomas H. Morahan) |
Art Direction by
| Thomas N. Morahan | ||
Costume Design by
| Sophie Devine | ... | (as Sophie Harris of Motley) |
Production Management
| Frank Bevis | ... | production manager |
| Herbert Smith | ... | executive in charge of production (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Mark Evans | ... | assistant director |
| Denis O'Dell | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| W.H. Lindop | ... | sound recordist |
| Leonard Trumm | ... | sound editor |
| Peter Davies | ... | first assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited) |
| Desmond Dew | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
| Gordon K. McCallum | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Cecil Cooney | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Edith Head | ... | gowns: Ann Todd & Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Music Department
| Leonard Hirsch | ... | leader: Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Muir Mathieson | ... | conductor: Philharmonia Orchestra |
| The Paramount Symphony Orchestra | ... | music performer: Victor Young score |
| The Philharmonia Orchestra | ... | music performer: William Alwyn score (as Philharmonia Orchestra of London) |
| Victor Young | ... | composer: additional music |
| Sidney Cutner | ... | orchestrator: Victor Young (uncredited) |
| Leo Shuken | ... | orchestrator: Victor Young (uncredited) |
| Victor Young | ... | conductor: Paramount Symphony Orchestra (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Paramount British Pictures (1948) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as A Paramount Picture)
- Paramount Pictures (1948) (United States) (theatrical)
- Film AB Paramount (1948) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Paramount (1949) (France) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (1949) (Norway) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
- Ciné Cinéfil (1997) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Kino Lorber (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2017) (United States) (DVD) (Universal Vault Series)
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| Plot Summary |
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her lodger then her lover. Olivia falls so completely under amoral Mark's spell that he's able to overcome her scruples, and soon she's his willing tool in an ambitious scheme of theft and blackmail...maybe too ambitious.
Written by Rod Crawford |
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| Taglines | "I've Never Known Real Love Before! Now Nothing Will Take You From Me...NOTHING!" See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Elements of the plot are based on the mysterious death of barrister Charles Bravo in 1876. See more » |
| Goofs | When Mark is painting Olivia's portrait, her necklace beads are not all twisted together; there are two strands that are hanging separately. When they move away from the portrait, the necklace strings are all uniformly twisted together with no strands hanging loose. See more » |
| Soundtracks | The British Grenadiers See more » |
| Crazy Credits | "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..." See more » |
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Kitty Feathers:
Oh, Mark! You say things so prettily. But I never quite know what's going on inside your head. Mark Bellis: One day I'll tell you. You may not like it. See more » |