Leave Her to Heaven

1945, 111 min., color (CC)

Credits: William A Bacher, producer; John M. Stahl, director; screenplay by Jo Swerling, based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams

Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman

Summary: A woman who loves and must be loved obsessively destroys anyone who thwarts her will. Ellen Berent's (Tierney) twisted ego drives her to kill her husband's (Wilde) brother (Hickman) and her own unborn child because she resents the attention they receive from her husband. When her husband learns what she has done for love of him, he leaves her. Her revenge is to kill herself and plant evidence that will indict her own sister (Crain).
The dvd includes commentary by Darryl Hickman and Richard Schickel, a restoration comparision, stills gallery, and Fox Movietone News clips.