An innocent woman falls under a villain’s spell in So Evil My Love, a captivating film noir thriller of obsession and deceit starring Ray Milland. In the late 19th century, English widow Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd) meets Mark Bellis (Milland), a charming-but-dangerous criminal and lets him board in her home. Hopelessly in love with a man who is playing her for a fool, Olivia soon descends into a life of crime as Mark persuades her to steal from her friend Susan Courtney (Geraldine Fitzgerald), the wife of a wealthy peer. Discovering a packet of scandalous letters that could ruin the Courtneys’ socially, Olivia blindly follows the scoundrel’s biddings leading down a path of blackmail and murder.
Starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Not rated.