"So Evil My Love" is a very good film. Despite two relatively small complaints, it's well made and well worth your time. During a sea voyage, Olivia (Ann Todd) takes care of a stranger, Mark (Ray Milland)....and by the end of the trip, they fall in love...or at least she falls for him. As for Mark, he's what folks today would call a sociopath--a criminal who has no compunction about using people to get what he wants. And, since Olivia is now completely taken with her, Mark manipulates her into doing all sorts of nastiness. Where does this all lead, see the film.
The first problem I saw with the film was at the beginning of the film. Olivia is a missionary returning to England following the death of her husband. Seeing her fall in love with Mark so quickly and strongly and throwing away her own moral compass seemed to happen too fast and didn't make a lot of sense for such a woman. The crisis of consciences that occurs near the end, it also didn't exactly ring true. However, despite these minor problems, Todd and Milland do fine jobs and the story still is very entertaining and juicy.
The first problem I saw with the film was at the beginning of the film. Olivia is a missionary returning to England following the death of her husband. Seeing her fall in love with Mark so quickly and strongly and throwing away her own moral compass seemed to happen too fast and didn't make a lot of sense for such a woman. The crisis of consciences that occurs near the end, it also didn't exactly ring true. However, despite these minor problems, Todd and Milland do fine jobs and the story still is very entertaining and juicy.