So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

Year: 1948

Runtime: 109 mins

Language: English

Director: Lewis Allen

DramaThriller

A late‑19th‑century romance of obsession unfolds aboard a ship bound from Jamaica to England. Recent widow Olivia Harwood volunteers to tend malaria patients, among them the enigmatic, tormented painter Mark Bellis. As she cares for him, her own emotions spiral, leading to a destructive passion that threatens to consume her.

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1

Onboard meeting and nursing

Olivia tends to malarial patients on the lower decks of the ship as it sails from the West Indies to Liverpool. She meets the suave Mark Bellis, who has fallen ill himself, and their initial encounter seeds a wary but growing rapport.

During voyage On board the ship
2

Docking and Mark moves in

Fully recovered, Mark persuades Olivia to allow him to live in her inherited lodging house. They begin a cautious, mutually beneficial association as he settles in. Olivia remains wary but intrigued by his presence.

After ship's arrival in Liverpool Lodging house in London
3

Mark seduces Olivia and entertains Kitty

Mark uses his charm to seduce Olivia while also charming Kitty, drawing both women into his orbit. Olivia becomes more drawn to him despite her better judgment. Kitty remains an ongoing distraction for Mark.

Lodging house
4

Art thief exposed and plan to rob

Mark's past as an art thief and forger is revealed when he reunites with Edgar Bellamy. They plan a daring heist, and their scheme leads to a rooftop escape as police close in.

London rooftops
5

Olivia falls under Mark's spell; plan to leave London

Mark expresses a desire to leave London and start anew elsewhere. Olivia, now under his spell, is determined to keep him with her and increasingly accepts dangerous compromises.

London
6

Olivia becomes thief in Courtney household

Under Mark's urging, Olivia begins pilfering from the Courtney household, stealing stocks, bonds and small valuables and passing them to Mark to convert into cash. Her moral boundaries blur as the crime deepens. The couple's scheme becomes more entwined with their relationship.

Courtney household
7

Discovery of letters and blackmail plan

Mark discovers old letters from Susan to Olivia describing youthful indiscretions. Seeing a chance to ruin the Courtneys’ reputation, he schemes to use the letters as blackmail to gain money. Olivia recoils at the prospect but is drawn back into the plan by Mark's pressure.

Courtney household
8

Olivia flees to church; Mark tracks

Olivia flees to a gloomy church to escape the blackmail scheme, seeking refuge from Mark's manipulation. Mark tracks her down, pulling her back into his control and pressuring her to proceed with the plan.

Gloomy church; London
9

Return to blackmail; Kitty and locket

Olivia returns to the Courtney household and resumes the blackmail plan, while Mark continues his dalliance with Kitty, even gifting her a locket he received from Olivia. The web of lies tightens around Olivia.

Courtney household; Kitty's circle
10

Henry's scheme and detective

Henry Courtney grows exasperated with Susan and plots to have her committed, hiring a private detective to trace the missing securities. The detective builds a dossier on Mark, revealing his criminal past.

Courtney household
11

Confrontation and heart attack

Henry confronts Olivia with the new evidence, and a struggle ensues. During the chaos, Henry collapses from a heart attack, intensifying the crisis surrounding the household.

Courtney household
12

Poison and Susan's confession

Olivia releases Susan and tricks her into giving Henry a dose of medicine laced with poison. Henry dies, the police are summoned, and Susan appears incoherent but mutters a murder-like confession as she is taken away.

Courtney household
13

Mark's plan to take Olivia to America

Mark announces his intention to take Olivia away to America, beyond British prosecution. Olivia, increasingly estranged from him, grapples with her conscience and the damage she has done.

London
14

Revelation and final revenge

Olivia encounters Kitty wearing the incriminating locket and realizes Mark has manipulated her all along. In a final act of revenge, she fatally stabs Mark in a hansom cab before turning herself in at the police station.

End of film Hansom cab; police station

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