Péché mortel

Titre original : Leave Her to Heaven

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7,6/10

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Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Jeanne Crain, and Cornel Wilde in Péché mortel (1945)

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Film Noir Psychological Thriller Drama Romance Thriller

Un écrivain tombe amoureux d'une jeune mondaine et ils se marient rapidement, mais son amour obsessionnel pour lui menace de les détruire tous les deux, ainsi que tout leur entourage.Un écrivain tombe amoureux d'une jeune mondaine et ils se marient rapidement, mais son amour obsessionnel pour lui menace de les détruire tous les deux, ainsi que tout leur entourage.Un écrivain tombe amoureux d'une jeune mondaine et ils se marient rapidement, mais son amour obsessionnel pour lui menace de les détruire tous les deux, ainsi que tout leur entourage.

Réalisation
- John M. Stahl
Scénario
- Jo Swerling
- Ben Ames Williams
Casting principal

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7,6/10

15 k

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Réalisation
- John M. Stahl
Scénario
- Jo Swerling
- Ben Ames Williams
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompensé par 1 Oscar
- 2 victoires et 4 nominations au total

Prison Matron
(non crédité)

Guy Beach

Sheriff
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Audrey Betz

Cook at Robie's Ranch
(non crédité)

Olive Blakeney

Mrs. Louise Robie
(non crédité)

Ruth Clifford

Telephone Operator
(non crédité)

Harry Depp

Catterson - the Chemist
(non crédité)

Paul Everton

The Judge
(non crédité)

Jim Farley

Train Conductor
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- John M. Stahl
Scénario
- Jo Swerling
- Ben Ames Williams
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Anecdotes
It was cited by director Martin Scorsese as one of his favorite films of all time, and he assessed Gene Tierney as one of the most underrated actresses of the Golden Era.

Gaffes
Ellen's method of scattering her father's ashes (flinging the urn from side to side during a horseback ride through the desert) would leave both her and the horse covered in her father's remains.

Citations
Richard Harland: When I looked at you, exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind like clouds across the summer sky.

Connexions
Featured in M.A.S.H.: House Arrest (1975)

Bandes originales
Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
(uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Played on the piano by Ruth

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A Stunning Film

Based on a novel by Ben Ames Williams, LEAVER HER TO HEAVEN is a stunning 40s film, filled with spectacular set decorations and Oscar-winning color cinematography.

The story is a solid melodrama about beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney in her Oscar-nominated performance) who marries a naive novelist (Cornel Wilde). He is drawn into her family on the eve of the ceremonial scattering of her father's ashes in New Mexico. From the getgo the family seems full of angst as everyone stays out of Ellen's way. On a whim, she breaks her engagement to a lawyer (Vincent Price) and marries Wilde.

Everything seems OK until they visit his crippled brother (Darryl Hickman) in Georgia. She seems jealous of Wilde's attention to the kid. Somehow, plans are made for the three of them to go to Wilde's "lodge" in Maine, where a faithful servant )Chill Wills) also lives. Tierney seems more and more edgy and starts to openly resent Hickman and Wills. And then her mother a step sister (Mary Philips, Jeanne Crain) arrive from Bar Harbor.

Everything starts to unravel at this point as Tierney becomes convinced that Wilde and falling for Crain. A series of mysterious accidents happen and there is a big (overblown) court case tried by the man (Price) she dumped to marry Wilde and a stunning turn of events.

The movie is gloriously filmed in rich Technicolor that accentuates deep reds, warm golds, and luscious shades of turquoise. The Maine and New Mexico interiors are just great and look like they came out of a contemporary magazine, including the simple little lodge by the lake. Also of note is the driving dramatic score by Alfred E. Newman.

Tierney is superb as the troubled Ellen and has never looked more beautiful. Wilde is suitable perplexed as the the novelist. Crain is solid as the stalwart sister. Price overacts outrageously (but it's fun). Philips, Wills, and Hickman are good. Others in the cast include Ray Collins, Olive Blakeney, Gene Lockhart, Mae Marsh, Grant Mitchell, and Reed Hadley.

LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN ranks among the best melodramas of the 1940s.