The Root of All Evil (1947)

Directed by

Brock Williams

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman inherits a business and faces challenges from a rival. Her decisions lead to conflict and personal cost.

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What happens

The Root of All Evil is a 1947 British drama film, directed by Brock Williams for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Phyllis Calvert and Michael Rennie. The film was the first directorial assignment for Williams, who was better known as a screenwriter, and also produced the screenplay based on the 1921 novel of the same name by J. S. Fletcher. It was one of the less successful Gainsborough melodramas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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