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Leave Her to Heaven
Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 American psychological thriller film noir melodrama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price. It follows a socialite who marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her. It is based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams, adapted by screenwriter Jo Swerling.
Plot
While traveling by train in New Mexico, novelist Richard Harland meets Ellen Berent, a beautiful socialite from Boston. Ellen is particularly drawn to Richard, as he reminds her of her deceased father, to whom she had an obsessive attachment. Ellen is visiting New Mexico to spread her father's ashes, accompanied by her aloof mother and her cousin Ruth, who was adopted by Mrs. Berent (Richard is surprised when Ruth tells him this, and wonders why she did not say "Mr. and Mrs. Berent" adopted her).
Awards
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| author | Jo Swerling |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color |
| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | John M. Stahl |
| editor | James B. Clark |
| events | suicide |
| genre | drama social thriller |
| keywords | accessory adopt arsenic ash autopsy boston cremation cripple deathbed district attorney domestic life love married miscarriage multiple organ dysfunction syndrome multiple organ failure polio socialite spring travel whirlwind romance |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck William A. Bacher |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Maine New Mexico |
| theme | film noir melodrama psychological thriller |