Root of All Evil, The
Date: 1947
Director: Brock Williams
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, John McCallum
Location(s): London (Studio)
Region(s): London R-S
Storyline:
Jilted by her rich fiancé, a girl from an impoverished family decides to take revenge.
Additional Information:
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Jeckie Farnish (Phyllis Calvert) and John Bartle (John McCallum) lean on the gate at Ridge Farm inside the Gaumont Film Company’s Shepherds Bush studio in London.
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The impoverished Jeckie becomes involved with Charles Mortimer who prospects for oil on land acquired from the elderly Scholes. One of the very few external locations that feature in this production.
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Another location depicts the oil drilling operation.
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A fire engine arrives at the gates of the refinery after Scholes sets fire to it when he realises that he's been swindled.
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Stock footage illustrates the blaze.