Leave Her to Heaven

Gene Tierney received her only Oscar nomination for her unforgettable performance in this sumptuous Technicolor masterpiece.

  • Director

    John M. Stahl

  • With

    Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price

  • USA 1945. 109min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    U

Fresh from her huge success with Laura, Tierney was nominated for an Academy Award for her electrifying and chilling performance in this film. She plays Ellen Berent, an obsessive femme fatale who will do anything to keep her novelist husband Richard for herself. Director John M. Stahl draws on elements of film noir, melodrama and even Greek mythology, while employing gorgeous Technicolor cinematography in creating a gripping masterpiece.