Leave her to heaven / Twentieth Century Fox ; Darryl F. Zanuck presents ; screenplay by Jo Swerling ; produced by William A. Bacher ; directed by John M. Stahl.

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

©2020

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).

"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"--Container.

Images / Video & Film

English

April 08, 2021

Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music, Alfred Newman ; art director, Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford ; costumes, Kay Nelson.

Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Philips, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Reed Hadley, Darryl Hickman, Chill Wills.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital mono.

Rating: Not rated.

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