Directed by:
John M. StahlScreenplay:
Jo SwerlingCinematography:
Leon ShamroyComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Darryl Hickman, Reed Hadley, Chill Wills, Mae Marsh, Grant Mitchell (more)VOD (1)
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Novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) seems to have found the perfect woman in Ellen (Gene Tierney), a beautiful socialite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of Ellen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingly possessive and may be capable of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singular Hollywood masterpiece that draws freely from the women’s picture and film noir alike, Leave Her to Heaven boasts elegant direction by melodrama specialist John M. Stahl, blazing Technicolor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chilling performance by Tierney, whose Ellen is a femme fatale unlike any other: a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Gene Tierney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/347/162347494_ffc63d.jpg)
Gene Tierney
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Night and the City (1950)
![Cornel Wilde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507422_be38d9.jpg)
Cornel Wilde
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
High Sierra (1941)
Edge of Eternity (1959)
![Jeanne Crain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676683_ee1a98.jpg)
Jeanne Crain
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
![Vincent Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234664_594760.jpg)
Vincent Price
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
![Ray Collins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262654_a525d4.jpg)
Ray Collins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Heiress (1949)
![Gene Lockhart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272952_908927.jpg)
Gene Lockhart
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Madame Curie (1943)
![Darryl Hickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274460_dccc92.jpg)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
If I Were King (1938)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Reed Hadley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309415_10d1de.jpg)
Reed Hadley
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
![Chill Wills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273031_178363.jpg)
Chill Wills
USA
Best movies:
The Yearling (1946)
Giant (1956)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
![Mae Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279680_87e7fa.jpg)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Grant Mitchell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812478_4ec884.jpg)
Grant Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
![Ruth Clifford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000130_a5c40c.jpg)
Ruth Clifford
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Addison Richards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000166_d1af93.jpg)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Milton Parsons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/556/159556182_4dd248.jpg)
Milton Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
White Heat (1949)
![Charles Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874797_6103c6.jpg)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Guy Beach
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Caged (1950)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Earl Schenck
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Jim Farley
USA
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Paul Everton
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Union Pacific (1939)