So Lovely... So Deadly is a 1957 American film noir crime thriller directed by Will Kohler. The film stars Henry Beckman and Lou Prentis, with Robert Middleton and Woodrow Parfrey in supporting roles. It is notable as the first credited film appearance of character actor Parfrey.

Presently, the film is considered potentially lost, as no prints are known to exist in major film archives.

Plot

Ava Eastwood (Natalie Priest), a recently widowed woman, hires a struggling private investigator, Steve Clark (Henry Beckman), to look after her stepdaughter, Karen (Lou Prentis). Karen remains deeply distraught over the death of her wealthy father in what was officially ruled a horse-riding accident.

As Clark spends time with the family, he begins to suspect that the father's death was not an accident but a premeditated murder. His investigation leads him into a web of deceit as he attempts to identify the killer among those closest to the deceased.

Cast

Production and release

The film was produced by Cinelux Productions and distributed by Tudor Pictures.

So Lovely... So Deadly was released in the United States in October 1957. Due to its low-budget nature and the eventual shutdown of its independent production and distribution companies, it fell into obscurity. It is currently listed as "potentially lost" due to the absence of physical copies in public or private preservation institutions.

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