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Leave Her to Heaven

  • 1945
  • Approved
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
15K
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Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, and Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Trailer for this drama based on the novel
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Film NoirDramaRomanceThriller

A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.

  • Director
    • John M. Stahl
  • Writers
    • Jo Swerling
    • Ben Ames Williams
  • Stars
    • Gene Tierney
    • Cornel Wilde
    • Jeanne Crain
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
    • Writers
      • Jo Swerling
      • Ben Ames Williams
    • Stars
      • Gene Tierney
      • Cornel Wilde
      • Jeanne Crain
    • 191User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Gene Tierney
    Gene Tierney
    • Ellen Berent Harland
    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • Richard Harland
    Jeanne Crain
    Jeanne Crain
    • Ruth Berent
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Russell Quinton
    Mary Philips
    Mary Philips
    • Mrs. Berent
    Ray Collins
    Ray Collins
    • Glen Robie
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • Dr. Saunders
    Reed Hadley
    Reed Hadley
    • Dr. Mason
    Darryl Hickman
    Darryl Hickman
    • Danny Harland
    Chill Wills
    Chill Wills
    • Leick Thome
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Prison Matron
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Beach
    • Sheriff
    • (uncredited)
    Audrey Betz
    • Cook at Robie's Ranch
    • (uncredited)
    Olive Blakeney
    Olive Blakeney
    • Mrs. Louise Robie
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Clifford
    Ruth Clifford
    • Telephone Operator
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Depp
    • Catterson - the Chemist
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Everton
    Paul Everton
    • The Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Jim Farley
    Jim Farley
    • Train Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John M. Stahl
    • Writers
      • Jo Swerling
      • Ben Ames Williams
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      It was cited by director Martin Scorsese as one of his favorite films of all time, and he assessed Gene Tierney as one of the most underrated actresses of the Golden Era.
    • Goofs
      Ellen's method of scattering her father's ashes (flinging the urn from side to side during a horseback ride through the desert) would leave both her and the horse covered in her father's remains.
    • Quotes

      Richard Harland: When I looked at you, exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind like clouds across the summer sky.

    • Connections
      Featured in M*A*S*H: House Arrest (1975)
    • Soundtracks
      Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
      (uncredited)
      Music by Frédéric Chopin
      Played on the piano by Ruth

    User reviews191

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    10/10

    Color Time Travel - A film that must be experienced on the Big Screen

    No one can watch this without remembering Gene Tierney's searing blue eyes, Jeanne Crain's face of innocence, or Cornel Wilde (lightyears from The Naked Prey) here looking like a photo of Pierre & Gilles come to life. It's 110 minutes of color-time-travel basking in the surreally saturated Technicolor palette of the mid 40's.

    For those who have been denied the experience of watching the recently restored version with a rapt audience on a big screen as happened April 26, 2008 at San Francisco's Castro Theatre, I can only hope you'll contact a film preservation-minded theater in your area.

    Though I've watched this film on DVD, nothing prepared me for the impact of the big screen. The closeups alone will take your breath away.

    Is it melodrama or is it noir?--leave that to Heaven!
    • ted-129
    • Apr 25, 2008
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    • Release date
      • January 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Streaming on "AMT2.0 - Remember?" YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "andyyelbid" YouTube Channel
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Todsünde
    • Filming locations
      • Sedona, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $617
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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