Leave Her to Heaven

About Leave Her to Heaven

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

John M. Stahl's Leave Her to Heaven is a 1945 romance thriller film. Its themes are film noir, melodramatic, boat, and femme fatale.

Gene Tierney appears as Ellen Berent Harland, Cornel Wilde as Richard Harland, Jeanne Crain as Ruth Berent, and Vincent Price as Russell Quinton. At 110 minutes long, it arrived in December 1945.

The screenplay is by Jo Swerling. The film began as a novel. It streams on FlixFling and YouTube TV in the United States.

The Night of the Hunter, The Woman in Cabin 10, and Mildred Pierce make useful companions to Leave Her to Heaven, all filed under murder. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 292 votes and it carries a NR rating.