The Root of All Evil 1947 Movie
Fiamme del destino
CountryUK ,
DescriptionA girl from an impoverished family is jilted by her rich fiance, whose father doesn't approve. She decides to take revenge against them, and determines to let nothing or no one stop her from getting to the top. ...
Vote Average 6.6/10 By 174 People (IMDB)
Date of Release 2/2/1949
Genres #Drama
Description The Root of All Evil: Directed by Brock Williams. With Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, John McCallum, Brefni O'Rorke. A girl from an impoverished family is jilted by her rich fiance, whose father doesn't approve. She decides to take revenge against them, and determines to let nothing or no one stop her from getting to the top.
Story Line A girl from an impoverished family is jilted by her rich fiance, whose father doesn't approve. She decides to take revenge against them, and determines to let nothing or no one stop her from getting to the top.(IMDB)
Language English
Director Brock Williams
Writer Brock Williams, J.S. Fletcher
Actors Phyllis Calvert , Michael Rennie , John McCallum , Brefni O'Rorke , Moore Marriott , Hazel Court , Arthur Young , Reginald Purdell , Hubert Gregg , Stewart Rome , George Carney , Pat Hicks , Diana Decker , George Merritt , Rory MacDermot ,
Production Company Gainsborough Pictures
Budget $
Duration 110 m
Vote 6.6 from 174 votes
Reviews From Users 11
Reviews From Critics
Reviews(Top) So often misquoted as "money is the root of all evil", the actual quote is biblical(Timothy 6:10 King James version... "for the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after, they have erred from faith and pierced themselves through many sorrows".The other reviewer has provided a spoiler and described the plot in detail so I won't dwell on that.They obviously enjoyed the film as did I but the plot does have this subliminal biblical theme mentioned above and a rather old fashioned Mills and Boon feel to it but this is the charm of Gainsborough Films.In the role of Jeckie Furnish, Phyllis Calvert gives a polished performance and one can sympathise with her on why she went down the wrong spiritual road.Her ineffective father Brefni Rourke at least is there to advise his daughter on morals.The younger daughter does not need her father's pastoral care so much as she knows what she wants (love and marriage and she succeeds at both).It is Jeckie's childhood friend Joe (John McCallum) who she constantly overlooks in matters of affection as she has subconsciously always taken him for granted.Moral:The truth is often right in your back yard.
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Phyllis Calvert, Actress: Mandy. Phyllis Hannah Bickle was born in Chelsea in 1915 and studied dancing at the Margaret Morris school of dance, until an injury forced her to give up dancing and turn instead to acting. Her 70 year film career began with a bit part in The Arcadians (1927) when she was just 12 years old. Along with over 40 movies, she had a successful stage career, ......
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George Carney, Actor: I Know Where I'm Going!. George Carney was born on November 21, 1880 in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, England as Arthur George Thomas Carney. He was an actor and director, known for I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), Lancashire Luck (1937) and Lest We Forget (1934). He died on December 9, 1947 in Hampstead, London, England....
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Hazel Court, Actress: The Curse of Frankenstein. Born in Birmingham, England, Hazel Court carried on a love affair with the world of movies and make-believe that made her a leading student at her hometown's School of Drama and later helped her land a contract with the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Graduating from bits to supporting roles to leads, Court worked in English films from the mid-'40s ......
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Hubert Gregg, Soundtrack: Legend. At his first school in Bournemouth he used to stand outside the Pavilion Theatre listening to the Follies shows and learning the songs. At 9 he entered a song contest at the Rank Cinema in Sydenham and sang 'Eat More Fruit' In 1939 while in the army at Lincoln a friend came back from leave and remarked about the black out. Hubert said 'I'm going ......
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Moore Marriott, Actor: Oh, Mr. Porter!. Largely forgotten today, comic actor Moore Marriott reigned supreme for a time in the 1930s alongside Will Hay and Graham Moffatt in British film farce. The trio came about by happenstance, but it was their audiences who insisted they reappear together again and again. Born in 1885, Marriott started off on the stage as a youngster with his ......
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John McCallum, Producer: Nickel Queen. John McCallum was born on March 14, 1918 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia as John Neil McCallum. He was a producer and actor, known for Nickel Queen (1971), Bailey's Bird (1977) and A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949). He was married to Googie Withers. He died on February 3, 2010 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
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George Merritt, Actor: Q Planes. George Merritt was born on December 10, 1890 in Clapton, London, England as Hubert Gotts. He was an actor, known for Q Planes (1939), The Persuaders! (1971) and The Ghost Camera (1933). He died on August 27, 1977 in Parliament Hill, Hampstead, London....
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Brefni O'Rorke, Actor: Perfect Strangers. Brefni O'Rorke was born on June 26, 1889 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Perfect Strangers (1945), The Upturned Glass (1947) and The Next of Kin (1942). He died on November 11, 1946 in Ireland....
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Reginald Purdell, Writer: Love on the Spot. Reginald Purdell was born on November 4, 1895 in Clapham, London, England as Reginald William Henry Grasdorff. He was an actor and writer, known for Love on the Spot (1932), Patricia Gets Her Man (1937) and Busman's Honeymoon (1940). He was married to May Watson. He died on April 22, 1953 in London....
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Michael Rennie, Actor: The Day the Earth Stood Still. The British actor Michael Rennie worked as a car salesman and factory manager before he turned to acting. A meeting with a Gaumont-British Studios casting director led to Rennie's first acting job - that of stand-in for Robert Young in Secret Agent (1936) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He put his film career on hold for a few years to get some ......
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Stewart Rome, Actor: Rynox. Major English silent movie star Stewart Rome born Wernham Ryott Gifford in Berkshire in 1886. He studied civil engineering, but instead went on the stage in 1907. After appearing on stage in Australia, Stewart returned to England in 1912 and joined Hepworth Film Company. Handsome, slightly aloof aristocratic star of more than 150 drama films, ......
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Arthur Young, Actor: San Demetrio London. Arthur Young was born on September 2, 1898 in Bristol, England as Arthur Henry Young. He was an actor, known for San Demetrio London (1943), St. Ives (1955) and The Lady with a Lamp (1951). He was married to Beatrice Kane. He died on February 14, 1959 in Paddington, London, England....
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