The Observer Recommends: Leave Her To Heaven (1945)

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945)

“Stylish study of an all- American bitch (rather like a character from Greek tragedy) relentlessly destroying the lives of all those around her, both during her life and posthumously. Gene Tierney, fresh from Laura and a major figure in film noir, received her only Academy Award nomination. This was that rare thing, a noir melodrama in colour, and was largely shot on rural locations by Leon Shamroy, who here won the third of his four well-deserved Oscars.”

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