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Leave Her to Heaven ()

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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.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Ellen Berent Harland
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Richard Harland
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Ruth Berent
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Russell Quinton
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Mrs. Berent
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Glen Robie
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Dr. Saunders
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Dr. Mason
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Danny Harland
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Leick Thome
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Prison Matron (uncredited)
Guy Beach ...
Sheriff (uncredited)
Audrey Betz ...
Cook at Robie's Ranch (uncredited)
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Mrs. Louise Robie (uncredited)
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Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Harry Depp ...
Catterson - the Chemist (uncredited)
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The Judge (uncredited)
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Train Conductor (uncredited)
Betty Hannon ...
Tess Robie (uncredited)
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Lounge Car Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Lin Robie (uncredited)
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Fisherwoman (uncredited)
Thomas Martin ...
Court Clerk (uncredited)
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Carlson (uncredited)
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Juror (uncredited)
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Medcraft - Mortician (uncredited)
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Bedford (uncredited)
Kay Riley ...
Danny's Nurse (uncredited)
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Norton (uncredited)
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Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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John M. Stahl

Written by

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Jo Swerling ... (screenplay)
 
Ben Ames Williams ... (novel)

Produced by

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William A. Bacher ... producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Alfred Newman

Cinematography by

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Leon Shamroy ... director of photography

Editing by

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James B. Clark

Editorial Department

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Natalie Kalmus ... color director: Technicolor
Richard Mueller ... associate color director: Technicolor
Lyman Hallowell ... apprentice editor (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Maurice Ransford
Lyle R. Wheeler ... (as Lyle Wheeler)

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Thomas Little
Ernest Lansing ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Kay Nelson

Makeup Department

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Sid Bowen ... unit manager (uncredited)
Raymond A. Klune ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Joseph C. Behm ... assistant director (uncredited)
Otto Brower ... second unit director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
E. Clayton Ward ... sound

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Fred Sersen ... special photographic effects
Sol Halperin ... transparency projection shots (uncredited)
Edwin Hammeras ... transparency projection shots (uncredited)
Edward Snyder ... transparency projection shots (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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E. Truman Joiner ... key grip (uncredited)
F. Bud Mautino ... second camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator
Lloyd Basham ... music copyist (uncredited)
Russ Cheever ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Jay Chernis ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Lois Craft ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Don Cristlieb ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh ... additional orchestrator (uncredited)
James Decker ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Paul McLarind ... musician: flute (uncredited)
G.R. Menhennick ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Harold Neiderman ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Alfred Newman ... musical director (uncredited)
Ernie Rosecrans ... music copyist (uncredited)
Sylvia Ruderman ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer ... additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Murray Spivack ... music mixer (uncredited)
Urban Thielmann ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Hrach Yacoubian ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Mary Louise Zeyen ... musician: cello (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Darryl F. Zanuck ... presenter
Ruth Fox ... research assistant (uncredited)
Frances C. Richardson ... research director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Novelist Richard Harland and socialite Ellen Berent meet on a train and are attracted to each other. They fall in love and decide to get married. They love each other, in spite of their differences. Ellen's love for Richard is obsessive - possessive, and wants Richard all to herself. Richard learns to what extent Ellen will go to get what she wants, Written by Huggo

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Taglines The sin she committed in the name of love could not be judged by man...or punished by law! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Péché mortel (France)
  • Todsünde (Germany)
  • Que el cielo la juzgue (Spain)
  • Amar Foi a Minha Perdição (Portugal)
  • Minun on kosto (Finland)
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Runtime
  • 110 min
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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. See more »
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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in House Arrest (1975). See more »
Soundtracks Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2 See more »
Quotes Richard Harland: When I looked at you, exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind like clouds across the summer sky.
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