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Overview

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Director:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

Peg Fenwick (screenplay)
Edna L. Lee (story) ...
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Release Date:

9 December 1955 (Denmark) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

How much does Heaven Allow a Woman in Love?

Plot:

An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

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(2 articles)

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Actress Jane Wyman Dies at 93
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Wyman and Hudson re-team for this classy melodrama more (60 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jane Wyman ... Cary Scott

Rock Hudson ... Ron Kirby

Agnes Moorehead ... Sara Warren
Conrad Nagel ... Harvey
Virginia Grey ... Alida
Gloria Talbott ... Kay
William Reynolds ... Ned
Charles Drake ... Mick Anderson
Hayden Rorke ... Dr. Hennessy
Jacqueline deWit ... Mona Plash (as Jacqueline de Wit)
Leigh Snowden ... Jo-Ann
Donald Curtis ... Howard Hoffer
Alex Gerry ... George Warren
Nestor Paiva ... Manuel
Forrest Lewis ... Mr. Weeks
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Additional Details

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

South Korea:12 | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #17469) | UK:U | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl


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Trivia:

This film was selected for the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995. more

Goofs:

Plot holes: Carrie tells her children of her engagement to Ron Kirby. Ned says the only Kirby he knew was the old gardener, now deceased. Ron arrives and Carrie's attempt at an introduction is met with Ron's assurance that, yes, of course, he knows the children - the same children who said they'd never met and did not know him. more

Quotes:

Cary Scott: Carrie tells Ned of her engagement to Ron Kirby.
Ned Scott: Ned replies, "The only Kirby I know is the old gardener, and the last I heard, he was dead!"
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994) more

Soundtrack:

Consolation No.3 in D flat major more


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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Wyman and Hudson re-team for this classy melodrama, 17 February 1999
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Author: Michael Bragg (mbragg@menlocollege.menlo.edu) from Redwood Shores, California

Due to the success of 1954's "Magnificent Obsession", Universal once again called on Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, and director Douglas Sirk for this passionate, heart-gripping look at the hypocrisy of small-town America. Wyman, a rich widow in this well-to-do New England town, falls in love with her gardener (Hudson) and all hell breaks loose. Her community ridicules her and her grown children are horrified by her. She finds herself having to choose love or the respect of those around her.

The cinematography is beyond extraordinary, the score by Frank Skinner is unbelievably moving, Wyman is exquisite, and Sirk gives some of the best direction of his career. A really classy melodrama and completely worthwhile.

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