So Evil My Love (1948)

Directed by

Lewis Allen

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Victorian London, a widowed woman takes in a charismatic but dangerous man. Their relationship turns dark as he uses her for his own selfish schemes.

gloomytensemanipulativeperiodnoirsuspensefulunsettling

What happens

So Evil My Love is a 1948 British and American Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd and Geraldine Fitzgerald. So Evil My Love is a period drama set in the Victorian era, and shot in film noir style in the late-1940s subgenre often referred to as "Gaslight noir". The film is based on the popular 1947 For Her to See novel by Marjorie Bowen (published under the pseudonym Joseph Shearing). Elements of the plot are based on the mysterious death of barrister Charles Bravo in 1876. The conclusion may also be based on the death (in New York City, in 1904) of Cesar Young by Nan Patterson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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