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All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Directed by Douglas Sirk

Drama | Melodrama

Overview

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

Rated NR | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Jane Wyman | Rock Hudson | Agnes Moorehead | Conrad Nagel | Virginia Grey | Gloria Talbott | William Reynolds | Charles Drake | Hayden Rorke | Jacqueline deWit | Leigh Snowden | Donald Curtis | Alex Gerry | Nestor Paiva | Forrest Lewis | Tol Avery | Merry Anders | Helen Andrews | Eleanor Audley | Lillian Culver | John Davidson | Alan DeWitt | Helen Dickson | Donna Jo Gribble | Jim Hayward | Helene Heigh | David Janssen | Anthony Jochim | Paul Keast | Jack Lomas | Helen Mayon | Joseph Mell | Forbes Murray | Vernon Rich | Gia Scala | Charles Sherlock | Edna Smith | Paul Smith | Rosa Turich

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/09/2019TVBlu-rayLibrary6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Impulse shelf grab @ the library bc Sirk + Criterion + Blu

Welp. Not my favorite Sirk. Good performances but this story about the societal pressures on this older woman falling for a younger guy… ? Ugh, product of its time. Like who cares if she wants to be with her landscape guy.

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