Leave Her to Heaven

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Date: January 01, 1945 to December 31, 1945
Dates Note: 1945
Country of Origin: United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: Color
Silent: No
Based On: the novel by Ben Ames Williams
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In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City
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“Nothing I’ve seen in a cinema is more beautiful, more depthless, yet more impenetrable than the emerald eyes of Ellen Berent in Leave Her to Heaven. This damaged and dangerous woman is one of the most compelling characters of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In an Oscar-nominated performance, gorgeous Gene Tierney, fresh from her captivating portrayal of the title character in Laura, embodies a femme fatale far more magnificent and malignant than film noir’s garden variety. She is the personification of a distinctly feminine psychopathology. Successful novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde), a straight arrow about to be irreparably bent, meets Ellen on a train” (Eddie Muller, SFFILM 2008).

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